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Build the platform first, boys, and make it strong, a lot of people want to stand on it!
Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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Spatial Coverage | United States |
Description | Cartoon shows Republican National Committee Chairman John D.M. Hamilton admonishing the members of the GOP Platform Committee, telling them to build a strong platform since so many people want to stand on it. A portrait of the GOP elephant hangs behind him. Coming into the Republican Convention in Phildelphia in 1940 were four major contenders: Wendell Willkie, Thomas E. Dewey, Senator Robert A. Taft, and Senator Arthur Vandenberg, as well as a number of others. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Republican elephant (Symbolic character)--1940. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Presidential elections--United States--1940. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Carpentry--1940. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Political platforms--United States--1940. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--1940. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hamilton, John D. M.,--1892-1973. |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |