Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Old Burgh Mayoral Matters - circa 1850

And I thought Providence had a lock on odd mayors of old; the "elevation" of Joe Barker to Mayor of Pittsburgh in 1850-1851 was pretty crazy.   Here is Jimmie Owens' take on it, looking back from 1903:


 



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