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Chicago daily tribune. [Vol. CVII, no. 264 (November 3, 1948)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08815 Author/Creator: Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Newspaper Date: 3 November 1948 Pagination: 52 p. : Height: 60 cm, Width: 43 cm Order a Copy

Infamous incorrect printing of the results of the 1948 election. Main headline reads, "Dewey Defeats Truman."

Dewey, Thomas Edmund, 1902-1971
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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