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General Pick Standing at Lectern During a visit to Fort Peck Dam in Montana

2005-215
Accession Number
2005-215
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
HST Keywords
Dams - Montana - Fort Peck Dam; Montana - Fort Peck Dam; Truman - Addresses - General File - Fort Peck Dam; Truman - Trips - Dams - Flood Control - Fort Montana - Fort Peck Dam; Truman - Bess - Trips - Other - Fort Peck Dam; Truman - Margaret - Trips - Other - Fort Peck Dam
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Description

U.S. Army Chief of Engineers General Lewis A. Pick stands at the lectern prior to addressing the crowd at Fort Peck Dam, Montana, developed for flood control and irrigation for the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. President Harry S. Truman is directly left of Pick; Montana Governor John Bonner (head turned) is on the right. First Lady Bess Truman is standing to the right of the lectern; Nashua, Montana, resident Anna Dostert is standing behind Mrs. Truman's left shoulder. Congressman Mike Mansfield and Margaret Truman are standing on the left in the front row. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

Date(s)
May 13, 1950