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Elections in Austria, November 25, 1945: Dr.Karl Renner, former chancellor, then leader of the Austrian Socialist Party, casts his vote.
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Elections in Austria, November 25, 1945: Dr.Karl Renner, former chancellor, the...

Austrian President Dr. Karl Renner, veteran socialist leader, casting his ballot in the General Election on October 9, 1949.
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Austrian President Dr. Karl Renner, veteran socialist leader, casting his ballo...

A "War of posters" in Vienna, for the General elections on October 9, 1949. A huge poster warns Austrians "not to buy the cat in the bag" i.e. unseen, but to vote for the conservative People's Party. The poster is affixed to the as yet unrestored facade of the "Burgtheater", the foremost Austrian stage for classical drama.
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A "War of posters" in Vienna, for the General elections on October 9, 1949. A hu...

Austrian parliametary elections 1949: the three arrows of the Austrian Socialist Party signify democracy, socialism and propsperity. Vienna, 1947
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Austrian parliametary elections 1949: the three arrows of the Austrian Socialis...

Austrian parliametary elections 1949:The Christian- Conservative Peoples'Party warns voters to beware of the "red octopus" crushing Europe with its arms. The small poster below left shows the three arrows of the Austrian Socialist Party.Vienna, 1947
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Austrian parliametary elections 1949:The Christian- Conservative Peoples'Party...

Life in post-war Vienna: Elections, citizens queuing to caste their vote.
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Life in post-war Vienna: Elections, citizens queuing to caste their vote.

Austrian election campaign 1953: Right-wing Freedom Party illegally plastering walls with elecion posters. Vienna,1953
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Austrian election campaign 1953: Right-wing Freedom Party illegally plasteri...

Austrian election campaign 1953: Right-wing Freedom Party illegally plastering walls with elecion posters. Vienna,1953
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Austrian election campaign 1953: Right-wing Freedom Party illegally plasteri...

Polling centre at the Austrian ministry of the Interior, February 1953. Journalists noting interim results; final results were 74 for the conservative People's Party, 73 for the Socialists and 14 for the "Independents",forerunners of the present FPOe, the "Freedom Party".
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Polling centre at the Austrian ministry of the Interior, February 1953. Journal...

Life in post-war Vienna: Elections, a voting booth.
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Life in post-war Vienna: Elections, a voting booth.

National elections 1953: A poster by the Socialists states that an election poster had been censored by the Allied Town Command and had to be removed."For a free Austria, chose the Socialists" the new poster says.
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National elections 1953: A poster by the Socialists states that an election post...

National elections 1953: A poster by the Socialists states that an election poster had been censored by the Allied Town Command and had to be removed."For a free Austria, chose the Socialists" the new poster says.
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National elections 1953: A poster by the Socialists states that an election post...