Taking Pennsylvania by Storm Frame Color:Silver with runaway speed

with runaway speed

when the building of a bridge to Brooklyn ruined their upriver view

The 21st Amendment was ratified two weeks earlier

a premier landmark in New York City

During the ascent

Taking Pennsylvania by Storm Frame Color:Silver with runaway speedBarack Obama, then an Illinois senator, perseveres in a downpour at a presidential campaign rally at Widener University in Chester, Pa., on Oct. 28, 2008. This photo was taken by Damon Winter, who would later be awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography in 2009 for his coverage of Barack Obama's historic campaign for the presidency. Damon Winter recalled how he took the memorable photograph: "With only three days left until the election, I