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GETTING
By SFPD12
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 11:26am
HITCHED ?
You can tell by the look of
By anon
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 11:47am
You can tell by the look of joy on the wife's face.
Who doesn't love bureaucracy?
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 1:13pm
I'm sure it was a very exciting book signing.
Instant brood to care for
By anon
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 2:02pm
She's got a lot of work ahead of her. The Curley Bunch. She was widowed and had kids, and Curley had a mob for her to manage.
James Michael Curley
By Waquiot
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 11:36am
Is running for something. Governor?
Before the Internet
By Michael
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 11:48am
This is how comments were left. The lady in the headgear had just expressed an opinion that she enjoyed a nice game of stickball and a hunk of licorice on a sunny Sunday afternoon, and now she has to wait as a series of men enter into the record that she's a stupid ***** and how dare she express an ill-informed opinion over a game of leisure intended for gentlemen.
Adorable!
By Elmer
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 1:47pm
JMC and Mrs.
By Irma la Douce
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 11:55am
I remember them from the Christmas Day photo that was posted on UHub last year.
Signing for a marriage license at the City Clerk's office
By Ron Newman
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 11:58am
in Old City Hall?
If so...
By Irma la Douce
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 1:05pm
....it was also his last day as governor (according to Wikipedia).
The Answer
By Boston City Archives
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 4:19pm
Thanks for playing, folks! This photo was taken in 1945 in the Boston Election Department at Old Boston City Hall on School Street. This photo shows William Arthur Riley putting in his application for nomination papers to run for Mayor against James Michael Curley and other candidates. Riley's wife is pictured with him
Well not everyone pictured
By baustin
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 5:25pm
Well not everyone pictured her with him, but true love prevailed.
Just sign on the dotted line
By Aeroguy
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 5:30pm
Excellent choice of photos. Thanks to the Boston City Archives.
I guess we can blame him
By fenway
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 9:29pm
In 1945 Mr. Riley was the first to propose what is now Government Center
http://i.imgur.com/Ag3mLxv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0lN2cgo.jpg
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