/* Hide loading templates */ #js-listings:before, #js-listings:after, .loading-page:before, .loading-page, .loading-page:after, .loading-spinner:before, .loading-spinner:after, body:not(.ember-application):before, body:not(.ember-application):after, /* Hide ui that requires scripting */ #stream_launch_widget, .btn-group { display: none !important; } /* show hidden page elements */ body>#full-page-viewport-wrapper, body>#navigation-menu { display: inherit; } /* show images */ #main img, #series img, #related img { opacity: 1; } /* style warning message */ .noscript-warning { color: #003666; margin: 0 2rem 2rem 2rem; padding: 1.5rem; background: #EBC0B7; border-radius: 5px; } It looks like there's an issue with JavaScript in your browser. For a better experience, we recommend that you enable JavaScript. Go to https://www.whatismybrowser.com/guides/how-to-enable-javascript/ to learn more.

Donate

Member Center

The NYPR Archive Collections

Published by

The NYPR Archive Collections

Statement supporting Robert F. Kennedy for Senator from New York

New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner at the dedication of the new home of the Fashion Institute of Technology on May 4, 1959.

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Mayor Robert F. Wagner announces his support of Robert F. Kennedy's bid for candidacy for Senator in New York state. He also makes clear that he has no intention of pursuing a senatorial seat.

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

WNYC archives id: 70305
Municipal archives id: T14

Also Seen In...

Part of Municipal Archives.

Presidents and world leaders, musical geniuses and literary luminaries —the sounds of a city and a nation are captured through nearly a century of transformations, tribulations, and triumphs.

Home of the Municipal Archives

(WNYC Archive Collections)

More in this Series

Part of Mayor Robert F. Wagner.

The Mayor Robert F. Wagner collection includes audio reformatted from acetate open-reel tape and 16" transcription discs pulled from the NYC Municipal Archives. The collection spans his entire time as mayor, but the extant recordings concentrate on his third term, 1961-1965.

This web resource has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor. Any views, findings, conclusions, recommendations expressed in this web resource do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
NEH Logo

Post a Comment