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Iconic vintage matte-finish 13 x 9.25 photo of the newly elected Truman holding up the infamous 'Dewey Defeats Truman' issue of the Chicago Tribune, signed and inscribed in fountain pen "To Arch Salyer, kind regards from Harry S. Truman, 5-11-65.” Over the newspaper, Truman adds: "They missed the boat? HST." Archivally double-matted and framed to an overall size of 22 x 18. In fine condition.
When the decision to print the infamous 'Dewey Defeats Truman' paper was made, returns for the 1948 presidential election were coming in very slowly and time was running out before the Chicago Daily Tribune's deadline. The pro-Republican Tribune staff, based on the early returns, decided Dewey would be the next president. After the newspaper was delivered to the street, more returns came in and showed that Truman would be reelected. Despite their scramble to recover their mistaken papers, about 2,000 copies were unaccounted for. Showing Truman gleefully displaying the erroneous paper on his train the next morning, this is one of the most famous political photos in US history.
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