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1948: A Year in the Colletions

Babe Ruth made a final visit to Yankee Stadium on June 13, 1948, in observance of the ballpark’s twenty-fifth anniversary. To the astonishment of pollsters and pundits alike, Harry Truman defeated Republican challenger John E. Dewey to win the presidency.

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National Museum of American History 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 4 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 3 Filter by term Exclude term
National Air and Space Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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Culture

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Date

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Tucker Luggage, 1948

Badge, Thomas Dewey, 1948

Toy, Gun, Air Ray, Flash Gordon

ANSCO Shur Shot Camera

Reel-to-Reel Wire Recorder

Wrigley Doublemint Gum Display Box

1948 Tucker Sedan

Joe Palooka Lunch Box

Pitney Bowes Desk Model (DM) postage meter

Helmet, Protective, Type H-1, United States Navy

Untitled (Aviary with Yellow Birds)

1948-C

Dining Room

Delusions of Grandeur II

Jeanne d 'Arc

Edgar Bergen

Frank Lloyd Wright

Radio owned by Herman and Minnie Roundtree

Hattie Carnegie Original Two-Piece Dress

Beef Stew

Charter Oak Decorations

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