Kev
12-10-2011, 09:10 PM
editorctrip (http://www.flickr.com/people/christophertgeorge/) has added a photo to the pool:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3294/3153789875_bc64a2bf8e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/christophertgeorge/3153789875/)
Bronze commemorative medal marking the visit of Edwin Thompson, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, to New York City, May 4-12, 1931. Diameter: 46 x 38mm (approx. 2" high by 1 1/4" wide) Weight: 20 g.
Reverse inscriptions read: TO COMMEMORATE / THE VISIT OF THE RT HON / THE LORD MAYOR / OF / LIVERPOOL / EDWIN THOMPSON / TO / HIS HONOUR THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY / THE HONOURABLE / JAMES J. WALKER MAY 4th-12th 1931
The Mayor of New York, Jimmy Walker (1881-1946), mayor during the Jazz Age, presided over a corrupt administration. He was quite a character and was nicknamed "Beau James." You can read about him here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Walker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Walker)
An article in Time magazine on the administration of Herbert Hoover said that Lord Mayor Edwin Thompson spoke out of turn while he was at a dinner in New York City, revealing something of what President Hoover had said about the economic situation.
View a larger image here... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/christophertgeorge/3153789875/in/pool-1433290@N21)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3294/3153789875_bc64a2bf8e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/christophertgeorge/3153789875/)
Bronze commemorative medal marking the visit of Edwin Thompson, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, to New York City, May 4-12, 1931. Diameter: 46 x 38mm (approx. 2" high by 1 1/4" wide) Weight: 20 g.
Reverse inscriptions read: TO COMMEMORATE / THE VISIT OF THE RT HON / THE LORD MAYOR / OF / LIVERPOOL / EDWIN THOMPSON / TO / HIS HONOUR THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY / THE HONOURABLE / JAMES J. WALKER MAY 4th-12th 1931
The Mayor of New York, Jimmy Walker (1881-1946), mayor during the Jazz Age, presided over a corrupt administration. He was quite a character and was nicknamed "Beau James." You can read about him here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Walker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Walker)
An article in Time magazine on the administration of Herbert Hoover said that Lord Mayor Edwin Thompson spoke out of turn while he was at a dinner in New York City, revealing something of what President Hoover had said about the economic situation.
View a larger image here... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/christophertgeorge/3153789875/in/pool-1433290@N21)