subtreasury

8 photos tagged subtreasury, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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1910

1915

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B-59 said:
William Hanford "Big Bill" Edwards (February 23, 1877 – January 4, 1943), American football player "In 1910, he thwarted an attempt on the life of New York mayor William Gaynor by tackling the assailant and sustaining a flesh wound in the arm in the process. For his heroism, Edwards was awarded the Carnegie Medal for Heroism. Later that decade, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson appointed Edwards as Collector of Internal Revenue for New York's Second District." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bill_Edwards
B-59 said:
A photo of the same event is in The sun., November 24, 1918, Section 3 Pictorial Magazine, Image 29 with the caption: "Football in Wall street. ... Collector Big Bill Edwards talks for the United War Drive." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1918-11-24/ed-...
Julie S said:
Thank you for the additional information.

Art Siegel said:
In front of what is now called Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street, New York City. It was then the Sub-Treasury building, and was built in 1842 as the New York Customs House. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Hall
Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Aloysius_O%27Gorman James Aloysius O'Gorman, Sr. (May 5, 1860 – May 17, 1943) was a one-term United States Senator from New York.

Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Hall
swanq said:
The [New York] Sun., April 07, 1918, Page 11, top of column 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1918-04-07/ed-... mentions a heroic-sized figure of Uncle Sam. www.alamy.com/stock-photo-lt-henry-reuterdahl-and-the-not... shows the statue in a broader view of the Sub-Treasury.