Presidential elections

A high school band (probably William Chrisman) at an event in President Harry S. Truman's hometown of Independence, Missouri on election eve, 1948.

Crowds of people in the streets in Independence, Missouri on election eve, 1948.

Crowds in the streets in Independence, Missouri on election night, 1948.

Election Day parade in President Harry S. Truman's hometown, Independence, Missouri. This was taken looking northwest near the corner of Pleasant and Lexington.

Election Day parade in Independence, Missouri. Camera is facing east on Lexington Street.

Cartoon, entitled "---and on two legs" by Karl Knecht, relating to President Harry S. Truman's winning of the 1948 presidential election. The original date of the cartoon is November 3, 1948.

Political cartoon by Dorman H. Smith entitled "Housing problem still unsolved" regarding President Harry S. Truman's 1948 election victory. Published circa 1948.

Photo of Thomas E. Dewey on the cover of The Billboard, November 6, 1948, headlined: "OUR NEXT PRESIDENT". Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

President Harry S. Truman with the Chicago Daily Tribune, headlined: "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN". He is in St. Louis, Missouri, en route to Washington, D. C. after the election. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

John J. Bennett, Deputy Mayor of New York, officiates at the opening of a class for first voters, held one evening each week at the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee, Hotel Biltmore, New York. Also shown are, left to right, Judith H. Methven and Rosalie Smiley, both first voters, and Councilwoman Bertha Schwartz, one of the instructors.