The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, re-named the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel in 2012, was constructed between 1940 and 1950. The video also highlights ballot counting during the 1949 mayoral election won by William O’Dwyer, and the New York Public Library’s Bookmobile. WNYC-TV Moving Image collection, NYC Municipal Archives.
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