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Sign: New York - Central Park - A memorial to John Purroy Mitchell


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2 E 90th St, New York, NY 10128, USA
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 1914-1918
BORN JULY 19, 1879
DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 6, 1918
IN MEMORY OF JOHN PURROY MITCHEL
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A monument in memory of the Mayor of New York, who after a 3-year tenure in office, joined the Army as a pilot, and died back from a training flight when he fell off his plane.

The monument and its surroundings were photographed that day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

The monument was made by sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman and was placed in Central Park in 1928

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