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[Stokowski concert]

Seated at his desk in City Hall, Fiorello H. La Guardia makes his final radio talk to the people of New York as mayor Dec. 30, 1945.

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Closing portion of La Guardia's "Talk to the People." La Guardia discusses an upcoming concert conducted by Leopold Stokowski (may have taken place on May 6, 1944?)

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

WNYC archives id: 71121
Municipal archives id: LT4037

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