Mayor Gaynor's assailant being taken from the scene of the shooting
Photograph
Mayor Gaynor's assailant being taken from the scene of the shooting
Gallagher, The discharged dock watchman, who shot the Mayor for a fancied grievance, is here seen, grey-haired and hatless, and in the grasp of "Big Bill" Edwards, New York's street-cleaning commissioner. Mr. Edwards was beside Mayor Gaynor at the moment of the assault, and it was he who knocked Gallagher down and disarmed him, receiving a bullet wound in the arm during the struggle.
August 9, 1910
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 5 7/8 × 7 11/16 in. (15 × 19.6 cm)
Gift of Richard E. Kremer, M.D. and Andrea M. Kremer, Ph.D., 2025
2026.0001.0006
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso, OA: Gaynor shooting \ By Bill Edwards \ WM. J GAYNOR SHOOTING \ HOLDING THE WOULD BE ASSASIN
Stamped in black on verso, BR: CULVER SERVICE \ 660 First Avenue \ New York 16, N.Y. \ This Picture is loaned for \ one reproduction only. Must not \ be used for advertising without \ written permission. \ Original must be returned.
Typed on caption label (separate component), OA: MAYOR GAYNOR'S ASSAILANT BEING TAKEN FROM THE \ SCENE OF THE SHOOTING \ Gallagher, The discharged dock watchman, who shot the \ Mayor for a fancied grievance, is here seen, grey- \ haired and hatless, and in the grasp of "Big Bill" \ Edwards, New York's street-cleaning commissioner. \ Mr. Edwards was beside Mayor Gaynor at the moment \ of the assault, and it was he who knocked Gallagher \ down and disarmed him, receiving a bullet wound \ in the arm during the struggle. \ AUG. 9, 1910 [in pencil]
Stamped in black on verso, BR: CULVER SERVICE \ 660 First Avenue \ New York 16, N.Y. \ This Picture is loaned for \ one reproduction only. Must not \ be used for advertising without \ written permission. \ Original must be returned.
Typed on caption label (separate component), OA: MAYOR GAYNOR'S ASSAILANT BEING TAKEN FROM THE \ SCENE OF THE SHOOTING \ Gallagher, The discharged dock watchman, who shot the \ Mayor for a fancied grievance, is here seen, grey- \ haired and hatless, and in the grasp of "Big Bill" \ Edwards, New York's street-cleaning commissioner. \ Mr. Edwards was beside Mayor Gaynor at the moment \ of the assault, and it was he who knocked Gallagher \ down and disarmed him, receiving a bullet wound \ in the arm during the struggle. \ AUG. 9, 1910 [in pencil]
