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Thomas Dewey and His Wife at the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, June 1948 (Cropped)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 03:56:04 +0000

This is Thomas Dewey, the 1948 Republican presidential nominee, and his wife in an image from the televised broadcast of the 1948 Republican National Convention. The image is a photograph of the screen of a television set that received the convention broadcast in 1948.

See also the full version of this photo and a snapshot of the actual Philco 48-1001 television set that was tuned in to the convention broadcast.

Thomas Dewey and His Wife at the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, June 1948

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 03:56:06 +0000

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Handwritten caption: "Taken on our 10" television screen - June 24, 1948. Dewey nominated for pres."*

This snapshot of 1948 Republican presidential nominee Thomas Dewey and his wife is actually a photo of an image from the screen of a Philco 48-1001 television set tuned in to the broadcast of the 1948 Republican National Convention, which "was the first presidential convention to be shown on 'national' television". In 1948, according to Wikipedia, "there were 27 television stations in full operation in the US and an estimated 350,000 TV sets in the whole country."

For a better view of the televised image, see a cropped version of this photo.

*Although the handwritten caption below the photo gives the date as June 24, it's possible that it was a day later, on June 25, 1948.

Richard Nixon Stamps, GOP (Generation Of Peace), 1972

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 12 May 2016 21:37:10 +0000

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"GOP, Generation Of Peace, 1972. Thank you for your support."

A block of political campaign stamps given to supporters and potential donors by Richard Nixon during his run for a second term as U.S. president in 1972. "GOP" refers here to "Generation of Peace," a phrase that Nixon used in speeches about ending American involvement in the Vietnam War, but it also means "Grand Old Party," which, of course, is another name for the Republican Party.

E. H. Hershey for County Treasurer, Lancaster County, Pa., 1893

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:27:44 +0000

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"For county treasurer. 1893. E. H. Hershey, of Gordonville, Leacock Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. Subject to Republican rules."

A selection of political candidate cards for men aspiring to local offices in Pennsylvania in the 1880s and 1890s.

Lewis S. Hartman for Prothonotary, Lancaster, Pa., 1890

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:27:34 +0000

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Lewis S. Harman, Lancaster City. For Prothonotary, 1890

He entered the army as a private soldier, carried a musket for three years in the 1st Reg't, Penn'a Reservers, and was severely wounded, May 30, 1864, at the battle of Bethesda Church, in front of Richmond, on the day his three years' term of service expired.

Your assistance respectfully solicited.

Subject to Republican rules.

Election, May 3, 1890.

Blanket roll and knapsack: "U.S. Co. B, 1st Reg;'t. P.R.V."

John H. Landis for Pennsylvania State Senator, 1888

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:27:38 +0000

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"For state senator, 1888: John H. Landis, of Manor Township. Subject to Republican rules. 'A fraud in the count is the destruction of Republican government.'--James G. Blaine."

John H. Landis, from Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, used this card when he ran for state senator in 1888. He quoted James G. Blaine, a Republican party leader who was the unsuccessful presidential nominee in 1884. Blaine was nicknamed the "Plumed Knight," and it's likely that the feather, or "plume," on the card was a reference to Blaine.

Interestingly, commentary on the front page of the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, March 19, 1888, specifically mentioned this card:

"Candidate Landis got a good bit of cheap advertising as the prosecutor of the Indiantown and Sixth Ward election boards and the discussion of the cases has caused him to be known in every household of the county as the champion of a fair election and honest return. His campaign card bears on it a white plume and this extract from one of Blaine's speeches, 'A fraud in the count is the destruction of Republican government.'... If Landis gets the vote in this city his friends look for, he will pull through."

Landis lost the election to the incumbent, State Senator Amos H. Mylin.

D. K. Burkholder for Sheriff, Lancaster, Pa., 1887

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:27:40 +0000

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"For sheriff: D. K. Burkholder of Lancaster City, 1887. Subject to Republican rules."

Chaplain A. C. Leonard, Candidate for Clerk of Orphans' Court, Lancaster, Pa., 1896

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:27:36 +0000

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Albert Charles Leonard also was the author and publisher of The Boys in Blue of 1861-1865: A Condensed History Worth Preserving (Lancaster, Pa.: A. C. Leonard, 1904).

Compliments of Chaplain A. C. Leonard, Lancaster City

Who as a candidate for Clerk of Orphans' Court in 1893 received almost 3,000 complimentary votes, and respectfully asks your kind consideration fot the same office at the Republican primary election in 1896.

Four years a soldier and ten months a prisoner of war in Belle Isle and Andersonville prison pens where 14,000 of his companions died from privation and exposure.

Andersonville prison pen.

Know Your Presidents

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:54:43 +0000

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Know Your Presidents. Note: The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. indicate order of succession. The abbreviation D for Democrat, R for Republican, Fed for Federalist.

Swing to Ortlieb's, Philadelphia's famous beer. Henry F. Ortlieb Brewing Co., Phila., Pa.