Walt Disney PINOCCHIO Premiere PHOTO 1940 New York Thomas Dewey Center Theatre

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Walt Disney PINOCCHIO Premiere PHOTO 1940 New York Thomas Dewey Center Theatre
Walt Disney PINOCCHIO Premiere PHOTO 1940 New York Thomas Dewey Center Theatre
Historic Walt Disney Auctions by Saturday's Toys presents...
a vintage 7" x 9" black and white photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dewey as they arrive for the Rockefeller Center World Premiere of Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" on February 7, 1940
The premiere was held at New York's Center Theater and was attended by the top names of Manhattan society... and Dewey used the moment to promote his candidacy for the Republican Nominee for President of the United States.  Three weeks later, Dewey was featured on the cover of TIME Magazine.  Ultimately, it would prove to be eight more years before he actually won the nomination... only to be announced as the 1948 contest winner on election night by the Chicago Daily Tribune in one of the most significant headline errors in publishing history.  The winning candidate proved to be President Harry S. Truman... having assumed the presidency in 1945 after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Includes press clipping on reverse; with stamps from the N.E.A. (National Endowment for the Arts); Acme News Pictures Inc.
Good condition with some wrinkling from application of press clipping on reverse; likely from vintage glue used in 1940.  Still, an exceptionally rare image of this future Presidential candidate.
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