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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

Title: Fundraising luncheon letter for John B. Johnston
Description: Letter about a luncheon honoring John B. Johnston mentions the "large turn-out, impressive speakers, and non-partisan character of the gathering" with a list of the guests who attended.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst041

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: Lockwood letter supporting Edward H. Maddox
Description: Letter from Charles Lockwood to voters asking for their support of Edward H. Maddox's campaign for Kings County Register.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: win097

Title: Letter from Celler endorsing George A. Wingate for surrogate
Description: Letter from Emanuel Celler asking voters to support George A. Wingate, Democratic Nominee for Surrogate of Kings County.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: win089

Title: McLaughlin for county judge
Description: This double-sided handbill ask voters to choose Alonzo G. McLaughlin for County Judge. Front: Question mark. Reverse: Photograph and biography.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win016

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: Ketcham letter appealing for re-election help
Description: Letter from Herbert T. Ketcham to friends appealing for help in his re-election bid as Surrogate of Kings County.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: win064

Title: Johnston address at Hotel Bossert
Description: John B. Johnston's address to suppporters at the Hotel Bossert.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst016

Title: MacCrate for Supreme Court justice
Description: Double-sided handbill to vote for Republican John MacCrate for Supreme Court Justice. Front: Image and Biography. Reverse: How to mark Ballot.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win011

Title: More men to be hired to clean streets
Description: The Democratic district leader was told that he could hire thirty more men to work for the Street-Cleaning Department.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn015

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: New York Sun endorses Colonel James Crooke McLeer
Description: Handbill with a reprint of an article in New York Sun endorsing Republican Candidate, Colonel James Crooke McLeer, for Brooklyn's Surrogate.
Type: text
Genre: Clippings, Promotional Materials
Local Identifier: win075

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: 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: 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: 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: Hart for surrogate
Description: Handbill that promotes Louis B. Hart for Surrogate. Hart's photograph is in the center of a large red heart on the handbill.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win035

Title: Lawyers committee letter on distribution of John B. Johnston literature
Description: Letter from Lawyers Committee Secretary requesting that literature regarding the distribution of material on John B. Johnston's election be properly distributed.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst035

Title: Kings county district attorney Charles J. Dodd praises John B. Johnston
Description: Brooklyn Times article in which Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Dodd praises John B. Johnston as "one of the finest selections for that office made by any party in years."
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst048

Title: Polish citizens endorse John B. Johnston
Description: Letter written by the Polish Citizens Committee endorsing John B. Johnston for Supreme Court Justice describing the candidate as "an eminent lawyer, prominent writer … one who has proved himself a true friend of the Polish people."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst092

Title: Letter from Judge Burt Jay Humphrey
Description: Letter from Judge Burt Jay Humphrey asking for McDonald's assistance in seeking a promotion to the Supreme Court.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: win099

Title: Pamphlet advocating Charles Lockwood for comptroller
Description: Pamphlet asking fathers and mothers to vote for Charles Lockwood for Comptroller. Front: Note from Chair of Women's Committee on Lockwood's record. Inside: Biography and endorsements. Back: Newspaper endorsements.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Pamphlets
Local Identifier: win083

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: Newspaper article on John B. Johnston
Description: Flushing Home News article states that "judicial ticket compares favorably with any that has ever been submitted to the voters of the district."
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: johnst032

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: Handwritten letter to George A. Wingate
Description: Handwritten letter of support from "a democrat" to George Wingate.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: win073

Title: McQuade for Kings County register
Description: Double-sided handbill for James A. McQuade for Kings County Register. Front: Photo and endorsements. Back: Reasons for home-owners and renters to choose him.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win078

Title: Invitation to luncheon honoring John B. Johnston
Description: Invitation to a luncheon sent by Law Students Committee for the John B. Johnston to be held at Hotel St. George on Saturday, October 22, 1927.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst042

Title: Mary Le Greico routs the bosses
Description: Eleven year old Mary Le Greico appealed to Street Cleaning Deputy Commissioner Patrick H. Quinn for her father who, she said was "a strong man, worked hard … so why couldn't he get a position with the street-cleaning department?"
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn017

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: Kings county district attorney Harry E. Lewis for Supreme Court justice
Description: Handbill urges voters to elect Harry E. Lewis, presently district attorney of Kings County, as Justice of the Supreme Court with sample ballot form on bottom.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win058

Title: Letter from New York Lawyers Committee advocating Alfred E. Smith for president
Description: Letter from Martin Conboy to Mr. McDonald asking him to join the New York Lawyers Committee supporting Alfred E. Smith for President.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst001

Title: LaGuardia civil service committee leaflet
Description: Leaflet promoting candidacy of Fiorello LaGuardia as Candidate of Board of Alderman.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win005

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: 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: 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: Re-elect Edward S. Moran, Jr.
Description: Handbill/postcard asking voters to re-elect Edward S. Moran, Jr., for Member of Assembly, 12th Assembly District. Front: Photo of Moran. Reverse: Biography with ballot.
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: johnst067

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: Mock theater stub endorsing John P. Cohalan (blue)
Description: The front side of this blue 3"x1" mock theater ticket stub urges voters to endorse re-election of Surrogate John P. Cohalan. The back tells voters that he is on the Independent Ticket and to "ask your friends to help."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials
Local Identifier: win042

Title: Newspaper advertisement endorsing Edward Cassin
Description: Newspaper advertisement endorsing Edward Cassin who has "served the people as President and Secretary of South Brooklyn Board of Trade … and will vote to repeal the tax on all necessaries of life."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Clippings
Local Identifier: win094

Title: Fifth Avenue merchants praise Patrick H. Quinn
Description: Merchants along Fifth Avenue, though they had arguments with Street Cleaning Deputy Commissioner Patrick H. Quinn over snow removal, now commend him on the "excellent manner in which the streets are kept clean."
Type: text
Genre: Clippings
Local Identifier: quinn021

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Letter from citizens committee supporting John B. Johnston
Description: Letter advocating John B. Johnston for Justice of the Supreme Court as he is "eminently qualified ... Citizens, irrespective of their political associations, should assist in the candidacy of Mr. Johnston."
Type: text
Genre: Promotional materials, Correspondence
Local Identifier: johnst034

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: 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

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