De Sapio: a Fade-Out?
Photograph
De Sapio: a Fade-Out?
1961
Gelatin silver print, printed 1961
Image: 9 3/16 × 6 1/8 in. (23.4 × 15.6 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0529
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, BC: 9/61 28) DE SAPIO: A FADE-OUT? Tammany Hall and its leader \ Carmine de Sapio were roundly defeated in the recent New York \ primary elections by Mayor Wagner and a Democratic reform group. . \ But political bosses don't die and there is some question that \ they even fade away. On the eve of his farewell appearance as \ Tammany leader, de Sapio pushed through his designate for an impend \ ing vacancy on the State Supreme Court, despite Watner's opposition. \ This picture shows Carmine de Sapio as a very live tiger at one of \ his favorite occupations: listening to election returns. \ Credit: CORNELL CAPA © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS
