About This Item


  • TitleAccepts invitation
  • Call NumberHOSP_0583
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Accepts invitation--Mayor O'Dwyer smilingly accepts invitation from Dianne Oldham, 5, left, and Patricia Pierini, 3, to attend a fundraising entertainment and reception of St. Charles Hospital for Crippled Children, Wednesday at the Hotel St. George."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 8, 1948; on caption: "Eagle photo by Lambert." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Children with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.