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Mayor William L. Strong is depicted as St. Patrick standing outside “N.Y. City Hall,” holding a long crosier labeled “Power to Remove,” driving away snakes and frogs labeled “Tammany Office-Holder, Tammany Heeler, Office-Holder with a ‘Pull,’ Tammany-ite, [and] Heeler.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1895-03-20
Creator(s)
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937
Language
English
Period
Civil Service Commissioner (1889-April 1895)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
New York’s St. Patrick. [March 20, 1895]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289647. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937. New York’s St. Patrick. [20 Mar. 1895]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289647.
APA:
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937., [1895, March 20]. New York’s St. Patrick.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289647.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
