He came, he saw, he laid a cornerstone

Image represented is one of a related set (HOUS 0125), some of which may also be described in this new record; Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia autographing notebook and wielding trowell at opening of housing project bound by Bergen and Pacific Streets and by Ralph and Rochester Avenues. Caption on versos: "He Came, He Saw, He Laid a Cornerstone: 'He,' of course, refers to Mayor LaGuardia, who is shown in the picture at left [0126] officiating at the official opening of the Kingsborough Housing Project. With him is Gerald P. Swope, head of the New City Housing Authority. At the right [0125], Hizzoner is signing autograph books for some of the tenants."