77 years ago today - Gehrig's streak ends

[Lordstan]

Thanks Joey

[Lordstan]

[Leon]

Those are fantastic!!

Originally Posted by Lordstan

[Lordstan]

Thanks Leon.
For the most part, I have never been big fan of these late in life photos as I always notice the stark contrast between his young healthy self and the more skinny frail version. His reduced frame size is especially obvious in the photo with Dickey at the Worlds Fair.

[Iron Horse]

Great photos & thank you for sharing

[nat]

Those are amazing. But why, exactly, was Lou Gehrig a member of the New York parole commission? (Or did I misread a caption?)

[Lordstan]

Nat,
Lou was given a job in the Parole Dept after he retired by the mayor. HIt was not an honorary position, but considering how quickly his health declined, I am not sure how much work he actually did.

[AgonyandIvy]

Originally Posted by nat

Those are amazing. But why, exactly, was Lou Gehrig a member of the New York parole commission? (Or did I misread a caption?)

When Lou Gehrig retired, he did have many job offers, including one from the Yankees, many very high paying. Gehrig chose the parole commission because he wanted a position where he could make a positive contribution to society and the city, and Lou also had a bit of interest in prison reform, as most inmates were young persons, and implemented correctly, believed that prisoner reform could reshape many of the persons back into contributing members of society. Also, it would be possible to do the job from home, in the event he was not able to get to an office.

Gehrig made many visits to prisons in his role while able to get around, and later was able to to read and dictate reports with the help of Elinor until about a month before he died when his health forced him to retire from the commission. But he was able to perform his duties almost up until his death.