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D10274-22
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- 1940-09-23 (Creation)
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Presidential candidate Wendell Willkie and wife Edith on the rear platform of the "Willkie Special" train. The Republican party had nominated attorney and utilities executive Wendell Willkie of Indiana to run against incumbent President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1940 elections. Mr. Willkie paid a short visit to Tacoma on September 23, 1940, via train before traveling onward to Seattle. He managed to squeeze in stops at Wheeler-Osgood Co., Lincoln High School and his own campaign headquarters. Traveling with him during his Washington journey were Arthur Langlie, current Mayor of Seattle and gubernatorial candidate, and Paul Preus, congressional candidate. ALBUM 2. (T.Times, 9-23-40, p. 1, T. Times, 9-24-40, p. 1)
Willkie, Wendell, 1892-1944; Willkie, Edith; Presidential elections--Tacoma--1940-1950;