I'm not sure about that particular piece, but the artwork made up the entire front cover of the 05-Oct-1955 New York Daily News.
This particular drawing was done by Leo O'Mealia and my hunch is that it is not so much based on a specific person as on the Brooklyn Bum character first drawn by cartoonist Willard Mullin.
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Last edited by tnfoto; 06-08-2014 at 01:00 PM.
Reason: Corrected spelling of O'Mealia's name
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