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Galleries tagged: Harry S. Truman

President John Kennedy watches former President Harry Truman sign an autograph for him at the inaugural luncheon, 1961.

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1933
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LIFE at Inaugurations: Rare and Classic Photos, 1933 …

President Harry Truman jubilantly holds up a Chicago newspaper emblazoned with the (erroneous) headline, DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN. In fact, Truman handily beat New York governor Thomas Dewey in the tight 1948 presidential election.

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Behind the Picture: ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’

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