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I. Tammany Hall


2. Democratic Club


Tammany Hall headquarters from 1868 until 1928 (undated photograph). Kilroe Tammaniana Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.


 


3. Famous Mayors


Mayors, 1784–1989, adapted from exhibit poster, New York City Department of Records and Information Services (7 December 1989–8 June 1990). Courtesy of New York City Department of Records and Information Services.


II. The Machine


3. Boss Tweed


William Tweed (c. 1871). Photograph, from the Kilroe Tammaniana Collection, in Morris Robert Werner, Tammany Hall (Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, Doran, 1928). Columbia University Libraries.


 


4. Tweed Courthouse


The Tweed Courthouse, New York City (2003). Corrinne Collett, photographer. Copyright 2003 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.


 


5. Tilden Investigates


Cover of Honest Sam. Tilden, Campaign Song and Chorus, sheet music (Cincinnati: John Church; Chicago: Root and Sons, 1876). Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-89311].

 


6. Tweed and Nast


Cartoon. Caption reads: "'Who stole the money?'—Do Tell. N.Y. Times. 'Twas him." Detail from Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, 19 August 1871, p. 764. Provided courtesy of HarpWeek.com, http://www.harpweek.com

 


7. Hershkowitz on Tweed


Cartoon. Caption reads: "'Stone walls do not a a prison make.'—Old Song. 'No Prison is big enough to hold the Boss.' In on one side, and out at the other." Thomas Nast, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 6 January 1872 , p. 13. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division [LC-USZ6-951].


III. Later Bosses


1. Lost to History: Kelly


John Kelly (c. 1872). Photograph in J. Fairfax McLaughlin, The Life and Times of John Kelly, Tribune of the People, with Portraits in Artotype Taken at 35, 50 and 58 Years of Age (New York: American News Company, 1885). Kilroe Tammaniana Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.


 


2. Croker


Richard Croker. Photograph in Moses King, Notable New Yorkers of 1896–1899: A Companion Volume to King's Handbook of New York City (New York: Moses King, 1899), 554. Columbia University Libraries.


 


3. Murphy


Charles F. Murphy (c. 1924). Photograph, from the Kilroe Tammaniana Collection, in Morris Robert Werner, Tammany Hall (Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, Doran, 1928). Columbia University Libraries.

William Sulzer. Photograph in Morris Robert Werner, Tammany Hall (Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, Doran, 1928). Columbia University Libraries.



IV. Sullivan


1. Big Tim


Tim Sullivan shoe beneficiaries. Bowery men hold gifts of shoes from "Big Tim" Sullivan. Photograph (1910). Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, George Grantham Bain Collection.


 


2. Sullivan's Clubhouse


"Big Tim" Sullivan, left, with Gus Roeder. Photograph (c.1910). Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-117857].


 


3. Sullivan Gives Back


"Big Tim" Sullivan on a Tammany excursion. Photograph (c.1900). Library of Congress, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection [LC-USZ62-117856].


V. Final Years


1. George Washington Plunkitt


Ex-Senator Geroge Washington Plunkitt, on His Rostrum, the New York County Court-House Bootblack Stand. Photograph in William L. Riordin, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics, Delivered by Ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany Philospher, from His Rostrum—the New York County Court-House Bootblack Stand—and Recorded by William L. Riordin (New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips, 1905), frontispiece. Kilroe Tammaniana Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.

William L. Riordin, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics, Delivered by Ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany Philospher, from His Rostrum—the New York County Court-House Bootblack Stand—and Recorded by William L. Riordin (New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips, 1905), title page. Kilroe Tammaniana Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.



 


4. Tammany Hall Dies


The last Tammany Hall, on East 17th Street, New York City (2003). Corrinne Collett, photographer. Copyright 2003 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.


VI. Robert Moses


1. Greatest Builder


Footage from The New York World's Fair 1964–1965 Progress Report., Campbell Films for the New York World's Fair 1964–1965 (1961). Courtesy of archive.org.

Robert Moses. Photograph (c. 1960). City of New York Municipal Archives, Robert F. Wagner Collection.

Aerial map. Caption reads: "The strategic location of the Triborough and the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, tying together Manhattan, The Bronx and Queens is well brought out in this view. The extension of the Bronx River and Hutchinson River Parkways in The Bronx will greatly enhance the usefulness of these bridges and relieve congestion on existing city streets." New York Department of Parks, New Parkways in New York City. December 7, 1937 (New York: New York Department of Parks, 1937), 9. Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. Reprint by permission of the City of New York Parks and Recreation.



 


2. The Power Broker


Kenneth T. Jackson, "Robert Moses and the Planned Environment: A Re-evaluation," in Robert Moses: Single-Minded Genius, ed. Joan P. Krieg, Long Island Studies Conference, Hofstra University (Interlake, N.Y.: Heart of the Lakes, 1989), 21–30. Reprinted by permission of Kenneth T. Jackson and the Long Island Studies Institute.


 


3. Moses and Transportation


Footage from Give Yourself the Green Light, Handy Organization for General Motors Corporation (1954). Courtesy of archive.org.

Footage from The New York World's Fair 1964–1965 Progress Report., Campbell Films for the New York World's Fair 1964–1965 (1961). Courtesy of archive.org.



 


6. Robert Moses: A Racist?


Design for Riverside Park: Proposed Revised Plan. New York Department of Parks, Memorandum to the Mayor, on Park Department Revised Plan for West Side Improvement in Riverside Park (New York: New York Department of Parks, 1935). Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. Reprint by permission of the City of New York Parks and Recreation.

Design for Riverside Park: Proposed Revised Plan: View of Riverside Park at St. Clair Place, Looking Southeast. New York Department of Parks, Memorandum to the Mayor, on Park Department Revised Plan for West Side Improvement in Riverside Park (New York: New York Department of Parks, 1935). Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. Reprint by permission of the City of New York Parks and Recreation.