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On the sign:
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 1914-1918 BORN JULY 19, 1879 DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 6, 1918 IN MEMORY OF JOHN PURROY MITCHEL
A monument in memory of the Mayor of New York, who after a 3-year tenure in office, joined the Army as a pilot, and died back from a training flight when he fell off his plane.
The monument and its surroundings were photographed that day by the same photographer Click for a larger image
The monument was made by sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman and was placed in Central Park in 1928
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