Fiorello H. La Guardia

Mayor La Guardia delivers "A People's Prayer" for New Year's Day 1940. (Incomplete) Speaking on behalf of seven million New Yorkers, Mayor La Guardia expressed the hope that "th...

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Ceremony lighting the Christmas Tree on City Hall steps. Speech by Mayor La Guardia. Sacred Heart Boys Choir and Police Department Glee Club perform.

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives ...

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Begins with Mayor La Guardia speaking (in progress) about unemployment and city aid for the unemployed. Asserts that paying for emergency relief will not lead to a deficit that exceeds the ...

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Housing development's namesake (Baruch Charney Vladeck) is honored by his daughter on Thanksgiving Eve, the first day of construction. She reads poems he wrote before his recent death.

Mayor La Guardia addresses the Fire and Police Departments on the day of their referendum on a proposed new pension plan.

Dennis J. Mahoney, president of the Detectives Endowment's Association, thanks the mayor.

Note: The voting took place after many weeks of meetings with ...

Ceremonies dedicating the exhibit of the National Youth Administration from the Consumers Building.

The French Pavilion at the World's Fair is dedicated by Rene de Saint Quentin, Marcel Olivier, and Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia.

The British, Australian, and New Zealand Pavilions are dedicated at the 1939 New York World Fair

Mayor La Guardia speaks at a dinner at Whyte's restaurant on Fulton Street hosted by the Fishery Council. Noting advances in distribution, transportation and keeping, the Mayor suggests that fish isn't just for Fridays anymore. Not surprisingly his comments are met with enthusiasm.

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives ...

First ticket sale to 1939 World's Fair. Flushing Meadows, Long Island, New York. Mr. Whalen, president of the New York World's Fair Committee, sells first ticket book to Mayor LaGuardia.

Mayor La Guardia discusses the services offered by the National Youth Administration.

A memorial commemorating the passing of Pope Pius XI arranged by Mayor La Guardia. It features performances by Met Opera tenor Giovanni Martinelli, the WNYC Concert Orchestra and The Paulist Choristers conducted by Father Edward Finn.

An audio chronicle of the La Guardia Administration's accomplishments for 1938 through dramatizations.

Address to Board by F. H. La Guardia on capital budget outlays and other financial matters. Though this is mainly a discussion of the city budget, there are occasional heated exchanges between Mayor La Guardia and other board members. Some portion of the meeting was not captured on disc; the ...

His Honor, the Mayor, addresses the people of New York.

"A jury is the best lie detector."

WNYC gets with the grid and ties into the clock of all clocks.

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La Guardia argues that his endorsement speech of Dorothy Bellanca of the American Labor Party for the 8th congressional district seat of New York is ...

We found the station in a dilapidated condition and we sought to build it up through the WPA.

The man who built La Guardia airport.