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Title: 12 reasons why women should vote for Alfred E. Smith for governor
Description: Double-sided handbill for Alfred E. Smith's campaign. Front: Photograph of Alfred E. Smith. Reverse: 12 reasons why women should vote for Smith.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win003

Title: 47th election district postcard
Description: Postcard asking a personal favor of the voter to select certain candidates in the Democratic Primary.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence, Postcards
Local Identifier: win046

Title: Abyssinian Republican Club handbill appealing to black voters
Description: This handbill asks "every colored man and woman to vote for the Abyssinian Republican Club of Kings County."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win023

Title: Advertisement endorsing nominees in upcoming election
Description: Advertisement endorsing the Justice of Court of Appeals, Justices of Supreme Court, Members of Assembly, Sheriff, and Aldermen for 63rd, 64th and 65th Districts.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst095

Title: Advertisement promoting John B. Johnston's address to National Council of Jewish Women, Staten Island chapter
Description: Newspaper ad advising individuals of Johnston's address at a benefit perfomance of the Staten Island Chapter of National Council of Jewish Women to be held October 31, 1927.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst097

Title: Advocate newspaper article endorsing John B. Johnston and Townsend
Description: Advocate newspaper article commending the choice of John B. Johnston and Townsend Scudder as a "judicial ticket which compares favorably with any that has ever been submitted to voters of the district."
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst064

Title: Arens letter advocating John B. Johnston
Description: Letter written by Max Arens describing John B. Johnston as a friend who "possesses all the sterling and humane characteristics which make a good and honorable judge."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst065

Title: Article endorsing John B. Johnston for Supreme Court justice
Description: Brooklyn Times article declares John B. Johnston for Supreme Court Justice "one of the finest selections made by any party in years."
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst030

Title: Article on proposal to use trolleys to transport garbage
Description: The World reports on a proposal to form a company that will transport garbage, ashes and freight via trolleys.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn011

Title: Article on widespread support for John B. Johnston
Description: Staten Island Leader article describes the strong support John B. Johnston is receiving from the "far end of Staten Island to where Long Island greets the rising sun at Montauk Point."
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst040

Title: Article supporting former Elmhurst resident, John B. Johnston
Description: Rockaway Wave article on John B. Johnston's candidacy for Supreme Court and the warm reception the former resident of Elmhurst received during a speaking engagement at the Amerind Democratic Club. (Johnston's name is misspelled).
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst087

Title: Asking teachers to vote for Alfred E. Smith
Description: Handbill appealing to teachers to vote for Alfred E. Smith for Governor.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win050

Title: Back a Buck Company Barracks supports Edward Ward McMahon
Description: This letter urges war veterans to choose Edward Ward McMahon as Judge.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win002

Title: Bayes for Supreme Court
Description: Small double-sided handbill urging voters to elect William R. Bayes to the Brooklyn Supreme Court. Front: Photo and sample ballot. Back: Biography.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win070

Title: Beech-nut gum wrapper promoting Jacob A. Freedman for Kings County judge
Description: Gum wrapper prepared by the Beech-Nut Packing Company asking voters elect Jacob A. Freedman as County Judge of Kings County.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst085

Title: Berry for state comptroller handbill
Description: This double-sided handbill asks voters to support Charles Berry, a veteran who fought in Flanders and France, as State Comptroller. Front: Photograph of Berry. Reverse: Biography of candidate.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win013

Title: Biographical statement about John B. Johnston
Description: Biographical information about Supreme Court Justice candidate John B. Johnston.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst009

Title: Black for Congress
Description: Small double-sided handbill asking voters to choose Loring M. Black Jr for Congress. Front: Photo. Back: Quote from NY Globe.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win100

Title: Brooklyn Times article on John B. Johnston visiting Queens
Description: Newspaper article declaring "old home night" when former Congressman Johnston, Democratic Candidate for Supreme Court, visited and met "old boyhood friends."
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst052

Title: Brooklyn Times article on formation of John B. Johnston re-election committee
Description: Brief article on the formation of a committee of lawyers to work for the re-election of John B. Johnston, Democratic candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst098

Title: Brooklyn tablet and flagpole dedication
Description: Standard Union newspaper article on the dedication of a tablet and flagpole erected in the memory of the "boys of South Brooklyn who gave their lives in the World War." Attendees included John B. Johnston and General George A. Wingate.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst080

Title: Brooklyn's encumbered downtown streets
Description: New York World article describes the problem on some of Brooklyn's downtown streets with "horses that are stabled till morning and vehicles standing on the street just opposite the stables."
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn002

Title: Browne for Kings County sheriff
Description: Double-sided handbill advocating James J. Browne for Sheriff in Kings County. Front: Image of James J. Browne. Reverse: Ballot with James J. Browne's name.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win027

Title: Button and red ribbon advocating George A. Wingate for surrogate
Description: Button has portrait of George A. Wingate on a red ribbon advocating "For Surrogate, George A. Wingate."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win022

Title: Calder Lee endorses Senator William M. Calder to women voters
Description: Letter from Elsie Calder Lee requesting women voters re-elect her father, William M. Calder, Republican Senator.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: win010

Title: Campaign button and ribbon for John B. Johnston
Description: Campaign button and ribbon with John B. Johnston's photo touting his run for Justice of the Supreme Court and mentioning the distribution of these buttons to voters in Kings County, Queens and Long Island.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst084

Title: Candidates for justices of the Supreme Court
Description: Large fold-out double-sided handbill advocating five candidates for Justices of the Supreme Court. Front: Photos of Townsend Scudder, Druhan, Burt Jay Humphrey, Garvin and Edward Ward McMahon with biography of each. Reverse: Sample ballot.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Ballots
Local Identifier: win037

Title: Cassin for Congress handbill
Description: Double-sided handbill asking voters to choose Edward Cassin for Congress, Fifth District. Front: Photo of Cassin listing his plans. Reverse: What the League of Nations proposes.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win021

Title: Certificate selecting the treasurer of John B. Johnston Citizens Committee
Description: Certificate selecting Matthew Carroll as the Treasurer of the John B. Johnston Citizens Committee.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Certificates
Local Identifier: johnst025

Title: Christmas card from John N. Harman
Description: Christmas card sent to friends of John N. Harman extending Season's Greetings and grateful appreciation for aid rendered during his recent campaign.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Christmas cards
Local Identifier: win048

Title: Citizens Union of New York and Woman's Municipal League endorse John B. Johnston
Description: The Citizens Union of the City of New York united with the Woman's Municipal League, "has recognized John B. Johnston's qualifications for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court," as well as the candidacy of Townsend Scudder and Franklin M. Tomlin.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst031

Title: City official and street cleaning department censured
Description: The Street Cleaning Department was censured for neglecting to remove ashes from the streets of Brooklyn. A resolution was adopted to complain to Mayor Van Wyck about the Commissioner of Street Cleaning.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn012

Title: Civic Study Club endorses Alfred E. Smith to women teachers
Description: Handbill from the Civic Study Club appealing to women voters "to prove your gratitude" and re-elect Alfred E. Smith as Governor.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win009

Title: Cleaning the street illustration
Description: Illustration of Street Cleaner James McDonald in his uniform using a broom and a shovel alternately to clean the street.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings, Illustrations
Local Identifier: quinn024

Title: Corroon letter endorsing John B. Johnston
Description: Letter from R. A. Corroon to George Stanton Floyd-Jones who would "consider it a personal favor if you could see your way clear to cast your ballot in favor of Mr. Johnston."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst047

Title: Cusack endorses John B. Johnston
Description: Letter written by William F. Cusack asking voters to choose John B. Johnston, whom he has known for many years and "admired both as a lawyer and man."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst066

Title: DeBevoise endorses Colonel James Crooke McLeer
Description: Letter written by DeBevoise telling voters he served with Colonel James Crooke McLeer during the Spanish-American War and found him "clean, straightforward and humane … and, as a practising lawyer, splendidly qualified and equipped for office."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: win053

Title: Democratic nominees on ballot
Description: Handbill listing Democratic Nominees for Justice of Court of Appeals, Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of County Court, District Attorney, Sheriff, County Clerk, and Register.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst033

Title: Democratic women and the upcoming election
Description: New York American article on members of the Women's Committee who have begun an intensive election drive for Democratic candidates, John B. Johnston and Townsend Scudder, running for Justices of the Supreme Court.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst082

Title: Department of street cleaning appoints Patrick H. Quinn
Description: Letter from the Department of Street Cleaning appointing Patrick H. Quinn Deputy Commissioner of Street Cleaning in the city of New York in the borough of Brooklyn.
Type: text
Genre: Correspondence
Local Identifier: quinn003

Title: Department of street cleaning notice
Description: Notice from the Department of Street Cleaning "directing the sale of trucks, cars, vehicles and other property."
Type: text
Genre: Correspondence
Local Identifier: quinn010

Title: Do you know George A. Wingate for surrogate?
Description: Double-sided handbill urging support for George A. Wingate's candidacy for Surrogate. Front: Title. Back: Statistics showing Wingate's competency
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win076

Title: Dowling for Supreme Court justice
Description: This double-sided handbill/postcard asks people to vote for George J. S. Dowling. Front: Photo and biography of Dowling. Back: Request that voters choose Dowling as their Democratic Candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win051

Title: Dump at Clinton Street
Description: Drawing of Street Cleaning Department workers in uniforms shoveling garbage at Clinton Street dump.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings, Illustrations
Local Identifier: quinn023

Title: Elder pledges support for John B. Johnston
Description: Letter in which Robert Elder pledges suppport for the John B. Johnston campaign.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst012

Title: Elect Richard S. Newcombe as district attorney poster
Description: Large poster requesting that voters choose Richard S. Newcombe, "a real District Attorney," listing many of Newcombe's backers.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Posters
Local Identifier: johnst053

Title: Endorsement of John B. Johnston
Description: Letter endorsing John B. Johnston as a "gentleman of refinement" and asking voters to choose him for Justice of the Supreme Court on election day.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst093

Title: Endorsements for five justices of the Supreme Court
Description: Double-sided handbill advocating five candidates for Justices of the Supreme Court. Front: Photos of Scudder, Druhan, Humphrey, Garvin and McMahon with biography of each. Reverse: Sample ballot.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Ballots
Local Identifier: win026

Title: Faber for Supreme Court justice
Description: Handbill promoting Leander B. Faber for Justice of the Supreme Court with clippings of articles from the New York Sun and Judiciary Committee extolling his qualifications.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Clippings
Local Identifier: win036

Title: Far Rockaway Women's Democratic Club host luncheon
Description: Brooklyn Times article describes the women who attended a luncheon at the Columbia clubhouse, under the auspices of the Far Rockaway Women's Democratic Club, where an alderman spoke on the upcoming campaign.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst088

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