Black and white photograph (9 x 14.5 cm.) of Joe Hummel standing on a sidewalk in front of automobiles parked on the street. The Fontenelle Hotel is visible in the background. He has on a flat cap, a long dark jacket with a fur collar, and is smoking a cigar.
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 reads: Joe Hummel first Park Commissioner Fontenelle Hotel in background (in the 1920s) from Frank Hummel. Source: Omaha Public Library - Biography Clipping File for Joseph B. Hummel.
