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Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, moments after he had been shot at a political rally in Miami, Florida, 1933.
Mayor Cermak would succumb to his injuries and die almost one month later.
Arguably credited for creating Chicago’s democratic political machine (which thrives to this day), there are theories as to whether or not the bullet was actually intended for Cermak or Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was also at the rally.
The first Mayor Daley during his last run for office, 1975, Chicago.
Wonder if he was inspired by Citizen Kane?
The first Mayor Daley (with a 13 year old second Mayor Daley) shaking hands with the Cubs’ GM, Stan Hack and the Sox’s GM, Frank Lane at the 1955 Cross Town Classic, Chicago.
