Research Catalog
William O'Dwyer portrait collection
- Title
- William O'Dwyer portrait collection [graphic].
- Publication
- <1945?-1949?>
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | folder 1 | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo O'Dwyer, William folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | folder 2 | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo O'Dwyer, William folder 2 | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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- Description
- <12> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
- <16> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- Summary
- Views of New York city mayor William O'Dwyer taken during the late 1940s. Collection consists of photos taken at city functions or at political events attended by O'Dwyer, mostly those involving the African-American community. Photos show O'Dwyer meeting with Harlem politicians, signing legislation approving Frederick Douglass Square, speaking at the YMCA, receiving Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollars, awarding police medals, receiving benefit checks, dedicating institutions, etc. Individuals identified in group portraits of O'Dwyer include Winthrop Rockefeller, Chick Solomon, Edith Alexander, Ray Jones, Glester Hinds, Mabel Roane, Thomas S. Harten, Herbert DeVarco, Gertrude Ayer, Noble Sissle, Elena Nikolaidi, Sylvia A. Sadkin, Sarah B. Jackson, Channing Tobias, Charles Buchanan and Samuel J. Battle. Half, three-quarter and full-length portraits are included.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Public speaking > New York (N.Y.) > 1940-1949
- Fund raising > New York (N.Y.) > 1940-1949
- O'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964
- New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government
- Silver gelatin photoprints > 1940-1949
- Group portraits > 1940-1949
- Battle, Samuel J
- Ayer, Gertrude Elise
- Tobias, Channing H
- Document signings > New York (N.Y.) > 1940-1949
- Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975
- Buchanan, Charles
- Hinds, Glester
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Commemoration > 1940-1949
- African American politicians > New York (State) > New York
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Political activity > 1940-1949
- Mayors > New York (State) > New York > 1940-1949
- Portrait photographs > 1940-1949
- Rewards & prizes > 1940-1949
- Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973
- Alexander, Edith
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1940-1949.
- Group portraits – 1940-1949.
- Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1949.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Photographers include Dummett, Nichols and others.
- Some photos have captions or written descriptive information on verso; some have been cropped; some have airbrush markings.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Some photographs restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo O'Dwyer, William
- OCLC
- NYPG085000827-F
- Title
- William O'Dwyer portrait collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- <1945?-1949?>
- Terms Of Use
- Some photographs restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Dummett. PhotographerNichols, -1991. PhotographerCampbell, James C. PhotographerInternational News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo O'Dwyer, William