{"id":2319,"date":"2012-11-06T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2014-12-23T20:19:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T20:19:30","slug":"testing-election-machines-in-pittsburgh-before-the-1936-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/06\/testing-election-machines-in-pittsburgh-before-the-1936-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing election machines in Pittsburgh before the 1936 election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/11\\\/06\\\/testing-election-machines-in-pittsburgh-before-the-1936-election\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 467px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"467\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 467px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"467\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/06\/testing-election-machines-in-pittsburgh-before-the-1936-election\/attachment\/2320\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"463\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2320\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_md1ibaEmNR1rr5swxo1_1280-e1418792002188.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"931,542\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Testing Voting Machines \\rJuly 27\\\/1936\\rHarold everett, John henry, Affix, Buckley, Eckert (from left to right) \\rPittsburgh Sun Telegraph&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Tumblr_HTY_1936_Voting_machines&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Testing Voting Machines&lt;br \/&gt; July 27\/1936&lt;br \/&gt; Harold everett, John henry, Affix, Buckley, Eckert (from left to right)&lt;br \/&gt; Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_md1ibaEmNR1rr5swxo1_1280-e1418792002188.jpg?fit=300%2C174&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_md1ibaEmNR1rr5swxo1_1280-e1418792002188.jpg?fit=800%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_md1ibaEmNR1rr5swxo1_1280-e1418792002188.jpg?w=796&#038;h=463&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"463\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"463\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"(Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph photo)\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 463px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> (Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph photo) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong><em>July 27, 1936:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Pittsburgh election officials testing election machines three months before the presidential election between Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt and Republican Alf Landon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The race between Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt and Republican Alf Landon.<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/06\/testing-election-machines-in-pittsburgh-before-the-1936-election\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>Testing election machines in Pittsburgh before the 1936 election<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[948],"tags":[959,1037,1046],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_md1ibaEmNR1rr5swxo1_1280-e1418792002188.jpg?fit=931%2C542&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2521,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/14\/oct-10-1956-president-eisenhower-riding-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":2319,"position":0},"title":"President Eisenhower, riding up Fifth, greets Pittsburghers","date":"September 14, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"\u201c150,000 Cheer Ike in Roaring Welcome,\u201d read the Pittsburgh Press 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