newyorkcitycityhall

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Hall City Hall Cupola Ruined By Fire. Building Deluged by Water, but Historic Works of Art Are Saved. Records Removed Safely. Fire Starts from Charcoal Pot Left on the Tower Roof by Workmen. Roofers repairing the cupola on the City Hall left off work at the noon hour yesterday and neglected to put out a fire in a charcoal pot. In some manner, yet to be explained, this fire ignited some loose charcoal in one of the gutters of the roof and in a few minutes the old wooden cupola was in flames. (New York Times on May 11, 1917) query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9800E6DD123AE4...

s. also article with similar photo in the New-York tribune., May 11, 1917, Page 16 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1917-05-11/ed-...

Thanks to both of you for your research. Must have been quite a sight! We'll fill in the details the next time we update the record.

Similar to other images in this set, it appears to be the August 21, 1917 arrival of Belgian Diplomat Baron X in New York City. The stairs to City Hall are depicted.

NARA has similar images as part of records from the War Department (catalog.archives.gov/id/26431678 catalog.archives.gov/id/26431714)

The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]), 02 Sept. 1917. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. (chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1917-09-02/ed-...)

Thanks Dean Z, we'll update this one and the others showing this event.

1917 Japanese Commission
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