James Michael Curley Welcomes the BPOE to Boston - July 7, 1924

[vettecurley]

Wow! After years of searching my long lost kin, it is great to hear this voice. What a man he must have been.

Timothy Curley

[victrolaman]

@vettecurley So glad you enjoyed the record. As you are probably already aware, I have posted both sides of this rare and unique record featuring the Mayor. The 11 O'clock Toast, and this Welcome to the BPOE. Good luck on your research.

Victrolaman

[victrolaman]

@vettecurley This was a special issue record by the Gennett Co. which recorded it. I am wondering whether it was just available to the BPOE members who attended the convention ?

[librarybob1958]

"Vote often and early, for..."

[tuckermcloughlin]

ah, James Michael Curley, such a great Irish American, Bostonian orator, it makes me proud to be of his roots

[TheLordKnightmare]

I actually am a descendant of him.

[vettecurley]

@TheLordKnightmare How are you a decendent? I am researching my family history. I am Timothy Curley

[pattyfromtoledo]

@vettecurley I am related to James Curley (born 1776). I have a book of family history that shows a Tim Curley born 4-28-1954. Is that you?

[bostonblakie]

This speech was made at just about the end of the era of great public oratory, due to the advent of the electric microphone which eliminated the need for perfect diction while speaking loud enough to be heard in the back row. Curley's ghost will always be somewhere in Boston.

[MissPickletoes]

Nice to see a moment in time preserved, which would have been lost forever if it were not for this recording!