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Acting Mayor boarding WYOMING, 5/8/15 (LOC)

  • Art Siegel said:
    George McAneny, president of the New York City Board of Alderman from 1914-1916, was Acting Mayor during the Atlantic Fleet and Naval Review activities of May, 1915. findingaids.princeton.edu/getEad?eadid=MC091&kw= select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D17FA385C1373... The Wyoming was the flagship of the Fleet, under the command of Admiral Frank F. Fletcher. Here, Acting Mayor George McAneny, his secretary Theodore Rousseau, and Docks Commissioner R.A.C. Smith leave the police boat Patrol to welcome the Admiral on the morning of May 8, 1915.
  • Pete (LOC P&P) said:
    artolog: thanks for the additional information. We will update the record.

Police Patrol (LOC)

  • Art Siegel said:
    Described in Motor Boating magazine for May, 1917 as a 43 x 9 foot Seabury Scout turned over to the NYPD by A.D. Brixby of New York. books.google.com/books?id=ZOt1f29Ct9oC&pg=PA15&lp...
  • Justin Bower said:
    in this picture and the other of the same boat, the gentleman seems to be very intently aiming a machine gun that has no ammo belt hooked up to it.
  • Art Siegel said:
    Another photo of Bluecoat in action, from the May, 1917 issue of The Rudder, with the caption: "Police Harbor Patrol Boat Bluecoat Built by the Gas Engine and Power Company 55 Ft Long 9 Ft Breadth Power 125 HP Speedway Speed 19 Miles " books.google.com/books?id=mS0jAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP12&lp...
  • Art Siegel said:
    A newspaper photo from April 11, 1917, with the caption "'Bluecoat, 'New Police Patrol Boat, Showing RapidFire Gun onDeck" chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1917-04-11/ed-...

Police Patrol (LOC)