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New York Advancing sign book World Fair LaGuardia Mayor PRICE REDUCED - $150 (Zephyrhills / Dade City)
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Condition: Vintage, previously owned. There are only very minor signs of age and use. Pages and binding are intact with some tears, some folded corners, back cover damaged, see pics for more details. Signature page has a little water damage. Overall, in good condition.
Fiorello Henry La Guardia (born Fiorello Raffaele Enrico La Guardia; December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives and served as the 99th mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1946. He was known for his irascible, energetic, and charismatic personality and diminutive, rotund stature. An ideologically socialist member of the Republican Party, La Guardia was frequently cross endorsed by parties other than his own, especially parties on the left under New York's electoral fusion laws. A panel of 69 scholars in 1993 ranked him as the best big-city mayor in American history.
New York Advancing: World's Fair Edition is a commemorative book published in 1939 to showcase the achievements of New York City under Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia. It was released in conjunction with the 1939 New York World's Fair, a landmark event that celebrated innovation and progress.
Key Highlights of the Book:
Full Title - New York Advancing: World's Fair Edition – The Result of Five Years of Progressive Administration in the City of New York.
Author - F.H. LaGuardia (Mayor), edited by Rebecca B. Rankin
Publisher - Publishers Printing Company, New York, 19391
Format - Illustrated paperback, 271 pages
Content:
Richly illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs.
Documents civic improvements, infrastructure projects, and cultural developments.
Serves as a promotional and historical record of LaGuardia’s administration.
$150 OBO.