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C.S. Whitman (LOC)

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  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Governor of New York; his wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S._Whitman
  • Jim Rees said:
    Wow, two phones, and look at all those newspapers. Obviously an important man.
  • Wystan said:
    This office is not the fancy paneled digs in Albany occupied by governors of New York State. When this photo was made (9/30/14), C. S. Whitman was still District Attorney of New York City. He was elected Governor in November, but did not take office as Governor of New York until January, 1915. Another Bain Agency photo of District Attorney Whitman:
  • Jim Rees said:
    One possible reason for the two phones is that in 1914 most of NYC was served by the Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Company except for Staten Island, which was served by the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company and was not directly reachable by phone from Manhattan. The first transcontinental phone call wasn't made until 1915. In 1914 the long distance lines ended in Denver.

Glynn & Whitman (LOC)

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  • bior said:
    "Whitman" is Charles Seymour Whitman. "Glynn" is Martin Glynn, his predecessor as Governor of New York.
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks bior, we'll update with their full names.

Dist. Att'y Whitman & Reporters (LOC)

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  • 8 older comments, and then…
  • antirka (away) said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Waking Into the Dream, and we'd love to have this added to the group! great
  • james gallagher said:
    With such seriousness abound, it became necessary to invent superman.
  • Bryan Bruchman said:
    What an incredible image!
  • grady.echegaray said:
    Serious mens are serious. :)
  • Richard Norton said:
    Charles Seymour Whitman (1868-1947) served as Republican Governor of New York from January 1915 to December 1918. He was also a delegate to Republican National Convention from New York in 1916. Whitman graduated from Williams College, class of 1890. Prior to his election as governor, he served as a New York City municipal judge and as Manhattan District Attorney. As District Attorney, he gained national fame in prosecuting New York City Police Lt. Charles Becker for the July 16, 1912 murder of Times Square gambling house operator Herman Rosenthal in front of West 43rd Street's Hotel Metropole (owned by Lower East Side Tammany Hall leader "Big Tim" Sullivan). Later, as Governor, Whitman signed Becker's death warrant and presided over his electrocution. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S._Whitman "Whitman May Lose More Witnesses. District Attorney Finds That Three Are Being Intimidated and Are Wavering." Source: New York Times; September 7, 1912 Weblink: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980CE5D81630E233A... "District Attorney Whitman Following Trail Leading to Captains and Detectives. With Grand Juries here and in Lakewood, N.J., grinding out indictments against men who have been engaged in the business of stealing and selling automobiles, the situation here took a turn yesterday where it became probable that police officials, including half a dozen precinct Captains, would become involved." Source: New York Times; April 18, 1914 Weblink: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9803E7D81E39E633A...