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Dewey Defeats Truman

Description Chicago Tribune from 1948 election. Same edition that Truman held up in the famous picture. My grandfather got it at the Sioux City Journal when the bundles came in for home delivery with the SC paper on election night. By the time the paper bundle had gotten to Iowa the fact that it was wrong was already known. We have kept it in the family since sthen
Category Other
Medium Newspaper
Condition Good
Size and dimensions of this item newspaper size
Date Period November 3 1948
History My grandfather brought it home from work the night of the election
Price Paid (If known) free
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