Missouri, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Illinois, California, Ohio, United States of America USA.
Documentation contains a newspaper cutting about the elections.
Missouri
MS. Truman in polling booth. MS. Truman places ballot paper into box. LS. Truman waving to crowds.
New York City
LS. MS. Thomas Dewey Governor of New York and wife shaking hands in street. LS. Interior of Republican H.Q. with crowds. CU. Dewey. LS. Dewey acknowledging cheers from stage. LS. Vito Marcantonio Extreme left wing, arriving. MS. Marcantonio in voting booth. LS. Interior Democratic H.Q. with crowds. MS. Election figures on board in Democratic H.Q. LS. Senator Herbert Lehman waving to crowds. LS. MS. Republican Joe Hanley in hospital. LS. Mr. Vincent R. Impellitteri Mayor of New York embracing wife. LS. Impellitteri shaking hands with followers. CU. Impellitteri First Independent Mayor of New York.
Connecticut
CU. John Davis Lodge, Independent. LS. Lodge shaking hands.CU. Governor Chester Bowles American Ambassador to India. MS. Senator William Benton with Bowles. CU. Benton. LS. Benton shaking hands. CU. Senator Brian McMahon, Chairman of the Congressional Joint Atomic Energy Commission.) LS. McMahon shaking hands.
Maryland
LS. John Marshall Butler, Republican, being congratulated. LS. Senator Millard Tydings, Chairman of American Services Committee. MS. Tydings. LS. Butler shaking hands.
Illinois
Election posters. MS. Senator Scott Lucas US Senator Democratic Majority Leader. LS. A Everett McKinley Dirksen election poster. LS. Everett McKinley Dirksen. LS. Dirksen being congratulated.
California
MS. Richard Nixon (prosecutor of Algier Hiss) voting. CU. Nixon. LS. James Roosevelt speaking into microphone CU. Major James Roosevelt (son of Franklin D. Roosevelt) LS. Governor Earl Warren voting. CU. Warren with wife and daughter.
Ohio
CU. Robert A Taft. MS. Taft signing papers. LS. MS. Taft waving and shaking hands. several shots.
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