Crowds jam Times Square to hear the results of the 1944 election. http://t.co/6zyQhUkvoi (Photo: Ernie Sisto/NYT) pic.twitter.com/QekuLZoVUe
— NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) Nov. 4, 2014
The New York Times Archives Twitter feed has been celebrating Election Days of the past all week with tweets like this one, which take you to a Nov. 8, 1944 front-page story. It begins:
Times Square’s first wartime national election crowd, numbering from 200,000 to 500,00 persons predominantly and noisily pro-Roosevelt, strained a large police detail last night.
Scroll through the recent feed to see many more. For instance, did you know that the first women governors in U.S. history were elected in 1924?
The first female governors in US history were elected in Texas and Wyoming, 90 years ago. http://t.co/4peFLYkiTO pic.twitter.com/WG9a9WqLMj
— NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) November 5, 2014
Related Resources
- 1944 | Roosevelt Crowd in Times Square Quiet, Very Young, Middle Aged(PDF)
- 1924 Article | Mrs. Ferguson Wins 2 to 1 in Texas Race for Governorship(PDF)
- New York Times Election Live Blog
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