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Mayoralty elections (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

Mayoralty elections

[1913 Nov. 4]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
 Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows election day, November 4, 1913 in New York City when John Purroy Mitchel was elected (on a fusion ticket) to succeed Acting Mayor Ardolph Loges Kline. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010 and New York Times, Nov. 5, 1913)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.14664

Call Number: LC-B2- 2887-11

Comments and faves

  1. Wystan (33 months ago | reply)

    John Purroy Mitchel was elected (on a fusion ticket) to succeed Acting Mayor Ardolph Loges Kline. Kline, the head of the Board of Aldermen, had become acting mayor when Mayor William Jay Gaynor died, on September 10, 1913. Kline filled out Gaynor's term until the end of the year.

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    visser62 and shutterbugMike added this photo to their favorites.

  3. swanq (33 months ago | reply)

    Election was on November 4, 1913.

    See www.thehistorybox.com/factual_first/1900s_3.h tml
    and
    query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D03E 3DF173DE633A...

  4. Ryan (LOC P&P) (33 months ago | reply)

    Thanks to both of you for the additional information. We'll add the date of the election to the record the next time we update it.

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    superNova K added this photo to his favorites. (16 months ago)

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