mayorwilliamjaygaynor

Mayor William Jay Gaynor was the target of an assassination attempt in August of 1910 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1910-08-10/ed-... and died in 1913 theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2008/03/know-your-mayors-willi...

David Gallagher, Thanks for the additional information on Mayor Gaynor. We will add more to this caption when we update.

Can someone tell me what the Gaynor Notification means?

It seems to be part of the mayoral election campaign of 1913. The notification ceremonies took place on 3rd September 1913. William Gaynor, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gaynor was nominated for mayor by a group of independent supporters after clashing with the Democrats over corruption in office. He died a few days after this on 10th September 1913. The C. F. M. of the placard will be Charles F Murphy, the boss of Tammany Hall.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Murphy

why are there so many shovels on the ground?

Interesting - thanks for the info.

This is New York City mayor William Jay Gaynor (1849-1913) with Rhinelander Waldo (1877-1927) the seventh New York City Fire Commissioner. This appears to be the May 18, 1912, Police Parade in New York City. The New-York Tribune claimed almost a million residents lined the street as 7,784 marched in the street. Sources: New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]), 19 May 1912. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

Thanks Dean Z for additional information. We'll update the catalog record.