Thomas E Dewey with Fiorello H La Guardia, Mayor of New York Truce of Villafranca Grand-elect and Past Grand sitting

Grand-elect and Past Grand sitting on a canopied dais

Two women carrying a large basket of earthenware pottery between them

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scarf and hat as he poses in the club's shop at Hillsborough

Thomas E Dewey with Fiorello H La Guardia, Mayor of New York Truce of Villafranca Grand-elect and Past Grand sittingThomas E Dewey with Fiorello H La Guardia, Mayor of New York, late 1930s. Dewey (1902 1971) was appointed Special Prosecutor to lead the fight against crime and corruption in New York. In 1937 he was elected District Attorney of New York County. Dewey's successful prosecution of the mobster 'Lucky' Luciano made him a national celebrity. He later went on to serve as Governor of the state of New York (1943 1954) and was the unsuccessful Republican