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Idaho
Likes Ike!
Eisenhower Campaigns in Boise, 1952 |
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MSS
111, Print 0211
This page created: 20 February 2008 |
On August 20, 1952, the largest
crowd ever assembled for a political rally in
Boise heard Republican
Presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower speak
from the steps of the
Idaho State Capitol. According to the Idaho Statesman,
19,000
people gathered to greet the World War II hero, a remarkable
turnout
considering the combined population of Ada and Canyon counties at
that
time was only about 125,000. Boise State University Library holds
a
remarkable memento of that visit, an autographed photo with the signatures
of General Eisenhower and
Governor Len B. Jordan, one of Ike's most ardent
supporters. The
photo was taken by a Statesman photographer and is part
of the Library's Idaho Statesman photo collection (MSS 111). Ike carried
the
state of Idaho handily in November.
Click here for two more
photos
Click here for some
campaign memorabilia |
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