Robert Moses Signature, what do you think about that?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on August 28, 2025 at 4:36am

Secretarial I think. It does not match the hand I am seeing in other places.

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Permalink Reply by Sergio Junior on August 28, 2025 at 9:47pm

Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on August 28, 2025 at 4:54am

OP appears more an attempt at his 1937 signature. Below are 1964 examples:

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Permalink Reply by Sergio Junior on August 28, 2025 at 9:53pm

I appreciate for your research and I will try to check at the city archives to have more information for comparison.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on August 28, 2025 at 5:34am

Here is an early example from 1934 - OP is secretarial IMO.

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Permalink Reply by Sergio Junior on August 28, 2025 at 9:54pm

I see !! Tks a lot!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on August 28, 2025 at 6:31am

What exemplars are you using? I don't see very many. Perhaps letters in the digitized 1939 NYWF records held at the NYPL would be useful...or 1964 documents. Those letters would be from 1936-1941 and beyond and he created the park that followed and 1961-65 or so for the second fair on the same grounds. Considering his role in NYC development there should be many more.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on August 28, 2025 at 7:45am

This is from a 1940 Parks Department document. Not sure why a 1930's/40's signature (OP?) would appear on a 1964 letter, especially after seeing those 1964/65 examples from RR etc. It is true that classic American cocktails, including the old fashioned martini, were served in September 1964 at the NYWF. I would look for additional early 1960's signatures for comparison.