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Crowd- Election Night - N.Y., 1913 (LOC)

  • Wystan said:
    The Fusion candidate, John Puroy Mitchel, won election as Mayor of New York City.

Crowds waiting for Johnson in N.Y. (LOC)

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  • dale.neighbors said:
    This images is looking east from 42nd Street and 7th Avenue. The building shown on teh left in teh center is the Times Building. In the distance you see the platform for the Elevated on Sixth Avenue.
  • Art Siegel said:
    great catch.. Now can you get the name of the theater? Hammerstein's something or another.
  • Wystan said:
    Hammerstein's Roof Garden, operated by Oscar Hammerstein I. He opened it in 1904, above two theaters that he owned: the Victoria and the Republic. Jack Johnson, the African-American world champion prizefighter, appeared at the Victoria Theater in July of 1910, for an engagement of several days.
  • Art Siegel said:
    Thanks! Johnson was a key figure, maybe even a tragic figure, in the history of rase relations in America.
  • Wystan said:
    The New York Times, on July 12, 1910, ran a story about Johnson's tumultuous welcome in New York City. (This was right after his victory in Reno over former heavyweight champion James Jeffries, "The Great White Hope," cemented Johnson's claim to the title): [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E07E6D9173AE733A25751C1A9619C946196D6CF

The "Human Squirrel" who did many daring "stunts" in climbing for benefit of War Relief Funds in New York City.

  • Clement Schubert said:
    Wonderful shot and a glimpse of New York City back in the day. Marvelous. Thank you for sharing.
  • jonzdesire said:
    💎💎💎💎
  • jessamyn west said:
    This may be Martin O'Donnell but I couldn't link him more specifically.

    www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-commercial/168415676/