PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 268706

HARRY S TRUMAN
B/w, 6x5¾ photograph "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN"
Printed Image signed: "Harry Truman". B/w, 6x5¾ overall, image 4¾x3¾ (one surface). Printed reproduction of the famous photograph. Polls had predicted New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey would defeat incumbent President Harry S Truman in the 1948 presidential election. In the November 1, 1948 issue of Life magazine, there was a photograph of Dewey identified in the caption as the "next President". A movie filmed in Hollywood had a line "From McKinley to Dewey".President Truman was at his home in Independence, Missouri, on Election Day, November 2, 1948. Early returns showed Dewey leading but as the results were coming in, Dewey's lead lessened. The final count showed Truman had won. President Truman left Independence on the Ferdinand Magellan, the presidential train (before there was an Air Force One) to return to Washington, D.C. When Truman stopped at the St. Louis train station to make a speech, he was handed a copy of the November 3, 1948 edition of the Chicago Tribune which exclaimed in a large headline: "Dewey Defeats Truman". Truman couldn't resist the opportunity to have a little fun at the expense of one of his least favorite newspapers. He smiled widely as he held the paper aloft for the large crowd to see. This issue went on the streets about 9:00 PM on Tuesday, November 2nd, and was pulled from the newsstands shortly before midnight. Fine condition.