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Thomas E. Dewey
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Portrait of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. He is looking directly at the camera and is wearing a three piece suit with a white shirt and white handkerchief in the breast pocket. The handwritten inscription reads: "To Ed Sullivan/with warm regards from/his friend and faithful reader/Thomas E. Dewey/Oct. 29, 1947."
October 29, 1947
Greystone Studios
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W014E3X
WHi 141368
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