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Vail Municpal Building with crowd in front for telephone company, 07/09/1927, Morristown, NJ
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Vail Municpal Building with crowd in front for telephone company, 07/09/1927, Morristown, NJ
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Title
Vail
Municpal
Building
with
crowd
in front for
telephone
company
,
07/09/1927
,
Morristown
,
NJ
Description
See
Daily
Record
,
7/11/1927
,
page
1
: "
Vail
Medals
Awarded
Telephone
Heroes
" Each year the New
York
Telephone
Company
awarded
medals
-
one
gold
, five
silver
and
multiple
bronze
group
medals
-
for
extraordinary
services
rendered
by
employees
. On
July
10
,
1926
,
lightning
struck
a
building
filled
with
explosives
at the
Lake
Denmark
Naval
Station
,
resulting
in several
deaths
,
widespread
evacuation
and
property
damage
in
excess
of
$30
million
. The
linemen
and
operators
of
NY
Telephone
"worked
day
and
night
, with
scarcely
a
minute's
rest
" to
restore
service
to the
depot
and to
handle
the
excessive
call
volume
. The
ceremony
depicted
in the
Curtiss
photos
(CU
3591-3605)
was for the
awarding
of several of the
Vail
medals
(3
silver
and
3
bronze
group
medals)
to the
employees
in the
Morristown
area who had provided the "
deeds
of
service".the
prior
year. More than
2000
people
attended
the
event
, which was
broadcast
live
on
WOR
radio
from
Newark
, and which was
filmed
and
shown
as a
newsreel
at the
Lyon's
Park
Theater
on
7/11-13/1927
.
Subjects
Historic Buildings, Houses, and Sites
Keywords
Municipal
Buildings
;
Government
Buildings
Names
Vail
Mansion
;
South
Street
Creator
Frederick
Curtiss
Geographic Location
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey
Date
07/09/1927
Format
monochrome photograph
Rights
http://morristownlibrary.org/HCFindingAids/reproductions.pdf
Image ID
CU3600.tif
Holding Institution
The Morristown & Morris Township Public Library, The North Jersey History & Genealogy Center
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