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These five photographs show Wendell Willkie's campaigning for the U.S. Presidency, at the Missouri Pacific Railroad Station, in Pittsburg, Kansas. Willkie, the Republican nominee, chose the towns of Pittsburg and Coffeyville to kickoff his campaign because of prior connections to the area. He had once taught high school history in Coffeyville before becoming a corporate lawyer and political candidate. During his ten minute stop in Pittsburg, Willkie spoke to an estimated crowd of about 1,000 against the policies of the New Deal and his challenger President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Willkie was defeated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the November election.
Date: September 16, 1940
Item Number: 221610
Call Number: FK2.C11 P.56.1940 *1-5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 221610
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Business and Industry - Railroad - Special and excursion trains
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1940s
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable People - Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Places - Cities and towns - Pittsburg
Places - Counties - Crawford
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Transportation - Railroads - Special & excursion trains
Type of Material - Photographs
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