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1948

President Harry Truman jubilantly holds up a Chicago newspaper emblazoned with the (erroneous) headline, DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN. In fact, Truman handily beat New York governor Thomas Dewey in the tight 1948 presidential election. history

Behind the Picture: ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’

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Sour Power: Here’s to a Little Boy Who Loved to Eat Lemons

Number 161 Norman Teleford streamlines himself during a motorcycle race at Daytona Beach, March 1948. arts & entertainment

LIFE at Daytona: Motorcycle Madness on the Florida Sands

Then-unknown actress Marilyn Monroe with Clifton Webb and Laurette Luez on the set of a 1948 comedy, "Sitting Pretty." people

Unpublished: Portraits of Marilyn as a Young Actress, 1948

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The First Post-WWII Olympics: London, 1948

Dr. Ernest Ceriani makes a house call on foot, Kremmling, Colo., 1948. history

‘Country Doctor’: W. Eugene Smith’s Landmark Photo Essay

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