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Dewey Defeats Truman[edit]

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Original – On November 4, 1948, President Harry S. Truman holds a copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." Despite his expected loss to Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 United States presidential election, Truman won, and the Tribune had already printed their headline anticipating Truman would lose.
Reason
High EV and a well-known American political photograph that is currently on the Main Page's On This Day section
Articles in which this image appears
Dewey Defeats Truman, 1948 United States presidential election, Harry S. Truman, Thomas E. Dewey, Chicago Tribune, Misinformation, Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Byron H. Rollins for the Chicago Daily Tribune
  • Support as nominator – APK whisper in my ear 04:16, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support We had the same thought. Couldn't believe this wasn't already featured. TomStar81 (Talk) 09:23, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Comment – This famous photo already appears in today's OTD fixture on the Main Page. Running it again as a POTD would be duplication. – Sca (talk) 15:03, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    That's really a terrible reason to oppose. A tiny reproduction in OTD, or as the lead image of TFA shouldn't mean that in months and months we shouldn't feature a good image in POTD. Further, POTD draws from featured pictures, but FPs are not required to be capable of running on POTD (we've had many that couldn't possibly run there). I do think this image could use some restoration, and there's some weird damage that makes me want to research a bit, but.... Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.6% of all FPs. 15:27, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Just call me the Terror of FPC -- Sca (talk) 15:37, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Hey, I can disagree with you and still respect you. Usually Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.6% of all FPs. 05:17, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Consider the issue from the reader's point of view. – Sca (talk) 13:08, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
More seriously, it'll probably be six months to a year until it recurs. If we were talking about it reappearing instantly, there'd be a reader issue. But we're not.. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.6% of all FPs. 19:14, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It's so famous & familiar that it still seems a bit of a bromide. But maybe that's my age talking. -- Sca (talk) 12:31, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I know what you mean. But that saturation kinc of makes its encyclopedic value go up. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.6% of all FPs. 03:33, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmmm ... Sca (talk) 15:22, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. MER-C 11:19, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – could use a touch-up per Adam, but it's not bad. Bammesk (talk) 00:33, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment — By no means am I an expert on copyright laws, but this and this might be enlightening. I wrote the article Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign from scratch and took it to FA status. If we can 100% establish that this image indeed is in PD, I'll be more than happy to support, but some expert commentary might be required. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 12:30, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Yann (talk) 16:04, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Dewey Defeats Truman.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:57, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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