Fiorello LaGuardia chats with fellow officer while watching a baseball game in military camp. Bari, Italy (1917-18), excerpt. LAGUARDIA & WAGNER ARCHIVES

Fiorello LaGuardia watches a baseball game while in military camp. Bari, Italy (1917-18), excerpt. LAGUARDIA & WAGNER ARCHIVES

Fiorello LaGuardia (in the background at right, with his back turned) as King Victor Emmanuel of Italy awarded medals. (September 20, 1918)

Fiorello LaGuardia (second from right) with his comrades in Italy after being awarded the medals each bears on their left labels. The awards were presented to them by King Victor Emmanuel III. The back of the photo has a long description of World War I. (September 20, 1918)

Thea Almerigotti, Fiorello LaGuardia's first wife whom he married on March 8, 1919. She died of tuburculosis on November 29, 1921 at the age of 26. This photo was taken in Manhattan (March 1919). LAGUARDIA & WAGNER ARCHIVES DOES NOT OWN COPYRIGHT.

Fiorello (left) and Thea LaGuardia on vacation (c. 1919 or 1920) LAGUARDIA & WAGNER ARCHIVES

Left to right: [unknown man] Thea (b. Almerigotti) and Fiorello LaGuardia on vacation (c. 1919 or 1920) LAGUARDIA & WAGNER ARCHIVES

Thea (b. Almerigotti) and Fiorello LaGuardia on vacation (c. 1919 or 1920) LAGUARDIA & WAGNER ARCHIVES

Fiorello LaGuardia (second from right) and his first wife Thea (middle) on vacation. (c. 1919 or 1920) LAGUARDIA & WAGNER ARCHIVES

Fiorello LaGuardia (second from left) with his first wife Thea (second from right) on vacation (c. 1919 or 1920) LAGUARDIA & WAGNER ARCHIVES DOES NOT OWN COPYRIGHT.

Fiorello and Thea LaGuardia with their daughter Fioretta (c. 1920) LAGUARDIA & WAGNER ARCHIVES

Thea and Fiorello's infant daughter Fioretta (c. 1920) LAGUARDIA & WAGNER ARCHIVES

Fiorello LaGuardia poses with his daughter Fioretta and others in New York City (December 8, 1920). On the back of the photo is a jocular political restaurant "menu". LAGUARDIA & WAGNER ARCHIVES