On the front lines of Mayor La Guardia’s 1939 chewing gum war

Jan 2, 2019 |

Gum, and Gum disposal, advertising on the 8th Avenue IND, via The Municipal Archives In December 1939, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia was at war – with chewing gum. The situation was one we would recognize today: the subway was stuck. With subterranean transit stalled and sticking in stations, the Mayor believed the answer was a full-scale […more]

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