Black and white photograph (9 x 12 cm.) of Mickey Mullen (left) dressed in a dark three-piece suit with hat and Joe Hummel (right) dressed in a lighter three-piece suit and flat cap. Mr. Hummel has on round glasses, a cigar in his mouth and a watch fob hanging from his vest. They are standing in front of a beach bath house near Carter Lake in Levi Carter Park, Omaha, Nebraska.
Joseph B. Hummel was Omaha's park commissioner for 21 of the 27 years between 1912 and 1939. During those years, Joe Hummel became famous for his honesty, bluntness, ability to stretch a dollar, and habit of working 16-hour days, seven days a week. Hummel Park was named after him. Hummel died in January 1942 at the age of 79. The reverse side of the image has this information written in blue pen: Mickey Mullen, Joe Hummel in front of bath house at Carter Lake Beach from Frank Hummel. Source: Omaha Public Library - Biography Clipping File for Joseph B. Hummel.
