Museum Collections
Luce Center
BEAME/WAGNER/SCREVANE
Object Number:
2008.18.1.21
Date:
1961
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Description:
"BEAME/WAGNER/SCREVANE." White and blue letters on blue, white, orange.
Gallery Label:
In the 1961 municipal election this Democratic "balanced ticket" of Robert F. Wagner (1910-1991) for Mayor, Abraham Beame (1906-2001) for Comptroller, and Paul R. Screvane (1914-2001) for President of the City Council defeated the Republicans. Wagner was Mayor from 1954-65; Beame later became Mayor from 1974-1977
Credit Line:
Gift of Glen Fleischman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.