georgemcaneny

George McAneny was president of the NYC Board of Alderman and Acting Mayor during the Atlantic Fleet and Naval Review activities in May, 1915. This was probably taken aboard the Wyoming.
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Admiral Frank F. Fletcher was Commander of the Atlantic Fleet, and R.A.C. Smith was New York's Docks Commissioner. See notes under

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Thanks for the additional information on the three men. We may update the record.

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Dapper haberdashery, gents.

I was thinking the same thing. Love those suits!

It's Jacobi, not Jaobi, unless the note on the photo itself is incorrect.

George McAneny served in numerous positions in the government of New York City, including president of the Borough of Manhattan (1910-1913), president of the Board of Aldermen (1914-1916), and chairman of the State Transit Commission (1921). This collection consists of lectures, reports, correspondence, committee and association files, clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs, all of which reflect his special interests in regional and city planning, zoning, city and state transit, and city financing. (papers are at Princeton). diglib.princeton.edu/ead/eadGetDoc.xq?id=/ead/mudd/public...

Sweet hats!

This was taken aboard the Atlantic Fleet's flagship, Wyoming.
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