Frank Jurkoski

Crowds of delegates at the 1948 Republican National Convention, demonstrating their support for the nomination of Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. In the lower left corner is a placard favoring Robert Taft for the nomination. Original of this photo in the University of Rochester Library, where the papers of Thomas E. Dewey are held.

Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey (right) and vice-presidential nominee Earl Warren, Governor of California, pose together.

Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas of California (formerly a film actress)speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.