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Digital images of political campaign pamphlet for re-election of Mayor Fred DeSapio, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1951.
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Digital images of political campaign pamphlet for re-election of Mayor Fred DeSapio, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1951.
Original: single folio folded to [4] pages, 6" x 9" high.
Cover depicts "Promise Fulfilled" a $22,000,000 Waterfront Development with the Port of New York Authority. Commissioners Borelli and Gallo voted for the program; Commissioners Borrone and Grogan voted "NO." Back cover depicts another fulfilled promise: a rendering of Jackson Gardens, "one of the Low-Cost Housing Projects." Pages [2-3] has two "A Platform Promise": Modern City Stadium (shown in an artist's rendering) and map of the western portion of Hoboken showing a proposed express highway to facilitate traffic between the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels.
Campaign slogan: "Keep Hoboken Safe and Independent"
2005.087.0013
2005.087
Wassman, Vincent J.
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Gift of Vincent J. Wassman.
1951 - 1951
Date(s) Created: 1951 Date(s): 1951 Level of Description: Item
Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-10-31