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President Truman with Governor Dewey at dedication of the Idlewild Airport

2006-12 (untitled)
Accession Number
2006-12
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
Airports
Dedications (Monuments, etc.)
Governors
Mayors
Presidential campaign, 1948
Presidential candidates
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Ceremonies - Dedications - Presidency - Idlewild Airport; Airports - Idlewild - New York; New York, New York City; Truman - Dignitaries - Political Associates - Dewey, Thomas; Truman - Dignitaries - Mayors; Truman - Campaigns - Presidential - 1948 General File
People Pictured
Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
O'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Whalen, Grover A. (Grover Aloysius), 1886-1962
Rights

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Credit:
Bill Sitler
U.S. Army Signal Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

President Harry S. Truman (center, left) shakes hands with New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (center, right) as they meet for the first time since nominated by their respective parties for the Presidency. They attended the dedication of the Idlewild Airport in New York City, the largest in the world at that time. On the left is Grover A. Whalen, Chairman of the Mayor's Committee for the Commemoration of the Golden Anniversary of the City of New York. Second from the right is New York Mayor William O'Dwyer. The others are unidentified. (See 77-3549 and 3550, 63-976, and 92-8.) From: Bill Sitler, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Date(s)
July 31, 1948