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Title: Zulking endorses John B. Johnston
Description: Letter written by Harry Zulking to his friends advocating John B. Johnston for Justice of the Supreme Court because of his "qualifications, honor and dignity."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst078

Title: Yiddish handbill in support of John B. Johnston
Description: This double-sided handbill printed in Yiddish was to appeal to Jewish voters. Front: Photo of Johnston, the Regular Democratic nominee. Reverse: Telling voters what he will do if elected.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win028

Title: Women's Health Protective Association criticize street cleaner Joseph A. McGarry's contract
Description: Members of the Women's Health Protective Association are determined that street cleaner Joseph A. McGarry's contract is not renewed.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn013

Title: Women's Democratic Campaign Committee invites Eleanor Roosevelt to speak
Description: Brooklyn Times article stating that Eleanor (Mrs. Franklin D.) Roosevelt will be guest speaker at the the Women's Democratic Campaign Committee. John B. Johnston will be among the candidates attending.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst100

Title: Women will campaign for Johnston and
Description: Standard Union article declaring that 3,000 women will campaign for John B. Johnston and Townsend Scudder, Democratic nominees for Justices of the Supreme Court.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst096

Title: Wingate handbill
Description: Double-sided handbill of Surrogate George A. Wingate. Front: Photo of George A. Wingate. Reverse: Biography of Wingate.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win024

Title: Wingate for surrogate handbill
Description: Small handbill with photo of George A. Wingate noting his qualifications as capable, courteous, conscientious and considerate.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win079

Title: Wingate Campaign Committee postcard
Description: Response postcard asking people to serve on George Wingate's Campaign Committee.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win072

Title: White for Assembly District 21 handbill
Description: This double-sided handbill asks voters to choose John B. White for Assembly District 21. Front: Photo of White. Back: Biography and political platform.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win068

Title: White Wings street cleaning squad ordered to clean Coney Island
Description: The White Wings have been ordered to clean up Coney Island. "It hasn't been cleaned up since the Rough Riders were there last fall." Their duties include removing garbage, waste paper and mud.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn018

Title: White Wings street cleaning jobs sold
Description: Charles Russell was arrested and charged with obtaining money from "poor Italians under the pretence of getting them jobs in the Street-Cleaning Department."
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn022

Title: Western New York's Meyer Jacobstein for governor
Description: Double-sided handbill promoting Meyer Jacobstein of Rochester for Governor of New York. Front: Image and newspaper endorsements. Reverse: Biography and more endorsements.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst002

Title: Wesley L. Young night
Description: Poster promoting Wesley L. Young Night to be held at the Arcadia Hall on Halsey Street on November 1, 1927 to help boost all candidates running for office from John F. O'Brien to Lawrence Fish.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Posters
Local Identifier: johnst076

Title: Vote for William E. Kelly
Description: Card asking friends to vote for William E. Kelly, Democratic Nominee for County Clerk.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst043

Title: Vote for W. Bernard Vause
Description: Handbill touting W. Bernard Vause, Democratic Nominee for County Judge.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win061

Title: Vote for John B. Johnston for Supreme Court
Description: Red printed sign urging people to vote for John B. Johnston for the Supreme Court.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst019

Title: Vote for James Crooke McLeer
Description: This double-sided handbill asks voters to choose James Crooke McLeer, Republican candidate for Surrogate Judge. Front: Photo. Back: Biography.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win082

Title: Veterans' Judiciary Committee letter supporting Judge W. Bernard Vause
Description: Letter written by the Veterans' Judiciary Committee requesting that voters look carefully at the record of Judge W. Bernard Vause, Candidate for County Judge of Kings County.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: win060

Title: Typewritten statement concerning nominaton of John B. Johnston
Description: Four page typescript detailing John B. Johnston's political career, legal activities and platform.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst011

Title: Tuozzo supports George A. Wingate
Description: Letter from attorney Anthony F. Tuozzo urging people to vote for George A. Wingate as Surrogate of Kings County.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: win085

Title: Trucks still obstruct streets
Description: Wagons and trucks can still be found on streets because owners of "these vehicles are disregarding Mr. Quinn's polite request to remove them."
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn020

Title: Trolley roads defy law
Description: Article about how individuals in the Brooklyn Heights railroad system refuse to pay for snow removal. Deputy Commissioner Patrick H. Quinn plans to ask the Corporation Counsel to sue for money that the city is owed.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn008

Title: Taylor victim of bad error
Description: This handbill of a reprinted article from Brooklyn Times states that Franklin Taylor was erroneously accused of favoring peace with Germany without "first demanding the Kaiser's unconditional surrender."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Clippings
Local Identifier: win098

Title: Summary of work for Justice Townsend
Description: This is a Summary of Record of Work for six years and an Appeal Record (1914-1919) for Justice Townsend Scudder with mention made of his time and work in court.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win039

Title: Street cleaning commissioner admits Brooklyn filth is breeding disease
Description: The World reports that Street Cleaning Deputy Commissioner Patrick H. Quinn admitted that he did not have enough money to clean Brooklyn's dirty streets, and that "mounds of slush and slime line the streets."
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn007

Title: Street cleaners, White Wings and disease in the streets
Description: More of the White Wings street cleaners were to be employed by the city. However, since the building of a new cleaning plant has been postponed, hiring any more street cleaners has been delayed.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn014

Title: Steingut for 18th assembly district
Description: Double-sided handbill to vote for Irwin Steingut for Brooklyn's 18th Assembly District. Front: Image and quote. Reverse: Biography.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win001

Title: Statement on nominaton of John B. Johnston
Description: Two-page official statement details John B. Johnston's political career, legal activities and platform. This address was made at a campaign rally at the American Legion Hall in Mineola on October 19th.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst051

Title: Singleton letter supporting John B. Johnston
Description: Letter by Fred W. Singleton describing John B. Johnston as a "capable lawyer, man of character and cultivation, and possessing the intellect and temperamental qualities necessary for successul discharge of the duties of higher office."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst057

Title: Schwartz letter supporting John B. Johnston
Description: Letter written by Joseph J. Schwartz describing John B. Johnston as "a capable lawyer, man of character and cultivation … qualities necessary for the successful discharge of the duties of the high office of Justice of the Supreme Court."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst091

Title: Schneller letter to firemen endorsing John B. Johnston
Description: Letter written by George Schneller to "Brother Firemen" regarding the candidacy of John B. Johnston for Justice of the Supreme Court.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst050

Title: Schlickerman telegram endorsing John B. Johnston
Description: Western Union Telegram from Alfred Shlickerman to the John B. Johnston Lawyers Committee.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst015

Title: Schieffelin fundraising letter for George A. Wingate's fight against bossism and demagogism
Description: Letter from William Jay Schieffelin of the Citizens Union urging George A. Wingate to help "fight bossism and demagogism" by sending a contribution.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: win054

Title: Schanzer letter supporting John B. Johnston
Description: Letter to John B. Johnston supporters from Al Schanzer, Chairman of the Speakers Bureau of the Lawyers Committee, advocating election of John B. Johnston for Justice of the Supreme Court.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst024

Title: Sample ballot for election day November 5, 1918
Description: Sample ballot for Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 1918, with list of ten reasons why people should vote for Alfred E. Smith as Governor.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Ballots
Local Identifier: win017

Title: Rural Long Island newspaper article praising John B. Johnston
Description: Messenger & Rural Long Islander newspaper article describes John B. Johnston "universally regarded as one of the best."
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst038

Title: Rubinstein letter endorsing George A. Wingate
Description: Letter from Moe Rubinstein to friends of George A. Wingate, candidate for Surrogate of Kings County, requesting their vote and support on election day.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: win049

Title: Rogers for state committeeman
Description: Handbill asking voters to choose Harry T. Rogers for State Committeeman.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win034

Title: Rogers for attorney general pamphlet
Description: Pamphlet to members of the Bar of the State of N.Y. on the record and public service of Judge Erskine C. Rogers. Inside: Biography of the Republican nominee for Attorney General, Erskine C. Rogers.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Pamphlets
Local Identifier: win038

Title: Response card for Judge Edgar M. Doughty
Description: Response card for Judge Edgar M. Doughty's campaign. Front: Address of campaign headquarters. Back: Response form.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst004

Title: Reform is promised
Description: Police received several reports of trucks obstructing streets in the borough. Their response: "Reasonable time had to be allowed owners to remove such vehicles."
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn005

Title: Referral sheet used by Johnston supporters
Description: Sheet used by John B. Johnston Lawyers Committtee to log in new members.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst010

Title: Re-elect William E. Kelly as county clerk
Description: This handbill advocates the re-election of County Clerk William E. Kelly "and continue him in office." Front: Photograph of William E. Kelly. Reverse: Biography of Kelly.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst072

Title: Re-elect William E. Kelly as county clerk
Description: This double-sided handbill asks voters to re-elect William E. Kelly, "a popular public official," as County Clerk. Front: Photo of William E. Kelly. Reverse: Brief biography listing Kelly's accomplishments.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win033

Title: Re-elect Richardson Webster
Description: Double-sided handbill advocating re-election of Richardson Webster as Register of Kings County. Front: Photo. Back: Platform, accomplishments and sample ballot.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win087

Title: Re-elect Reuben L. Haskell card
Description: Small card asking voters to re-elect Reuben L. Haskell for County Judge.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst003

Title: Re-elect Judge John P. Cohalan handbill
Description: Double-sided handbill asking voters to keep John P. Cohalan in office. Front: Image of Judge Cohalan who served 14 years as Surrogate in New York. Reverse: Advising voters that "this is your fight."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win029

Title: Re-elect Judge Jacob S. Strahl
Description: This double-sided handbill asks voters to re-elect Judge Jacob S. Strahl. Front: Cartoon of Strahl refusing to evict tenant. Reverse: Cartoon depicting Strahl's humane decisions.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Political cartoons
Local Identifier: win018

Title: Re-elect Judge Frank S. Gannon, Jr. for Supreme Court justice
Description: This double-sided handbill endorses Judge Frank S. Gannon, Jr., for Supreme Court Justice. Front: Description of Judge Gannon. Reverse: Sample ballot.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Ballots
Local Identifier: win014

Title: Re-elect Harry E. Lewis pamphlet
Description: Pamphlet to re-elect Harry E. Lewis for Brooklyn District Attorney. Front: Photo. Inside: Reasons to Vote for Lewis. Back: Sample Ballot and Biography.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Pamphlets, Ballots
Local Identifier: win092

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