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Title
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Candidate Dewey giving a speech
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Description
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Black and white image of Thomas E. Dewey, campaigning for the Republican nomination for President in Hillsboro in 1948. Dewey speaks from the front entrance of the Washington County Courthouse. Eventually winning the Republican nomination against a field of 5 other candidates and highly favored to win, Dewey lost in the general election that fall, leading to the famous picture of President Harry Truman holding up the newspaper with the headline 'Dewey Defeats Truman' on the morning after the election.
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Identifier
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WCMpic_012589
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Date Created
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circa 1948
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Date
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1948
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Medium
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black-and-white negatives
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Rights
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Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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Type
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Still Image
