Thomas Dewey & Harry Truman 1948 Presidential Election Campaign Collage

Presented is a unique commemorative collage, celebrating the 1948 U.S. presidential election between Harry Truman and Thomas Dewey. This one-of-a-kind collage features a Harry Truman signed commemorative postal cover, a Dewey campaign pennant, a Dewey campaign button, and photographs from the campaign trail and election night. As Vice President in 1945, Truman ascended to the presidency after the death of President Roosevelt. He successfully concluded the war against Germany, brought the United States into the United Nations, and engineered the surrender of Japan. Yet as his presidential term progressed, his popularity diminished, as did that of the Democratic Party. The Republicans triumphed in the midterm congressional elections of 1946, running against Truman as the symbol of the New Deal. And by the time the 1948 election was on the horizon, many believed Truman could not win. During the 1948 Republican National Convention, the first ever to be televised, the party nominated New Yo