3-018-302 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Gaynor [and] Schiff, 1913. Shows the notification ceremony that took place on September 3, 1913 on the steps of City Hall, New York City, where Mayor William J. Gaynor was nominated for re-election. Banker Jacob Henry Schiff (1847-1920) stands next to Gaynor. William Jay Gaynor had served a term as reform mayor of New York. Because the incorruptible Gaynor would not cooperate with the Tammany machine, Tammany refused to nominate him for a second term. So Gaynor was renominated by an independent group, and accepted their nomination.