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Truman leaves the podium at Fort Peck Dam, Montana, to visit the dam

2005-217
Accession Number
2005-217
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350376082
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Children of presidents
Dams
First ladies
Presidential trips
Presidents
HST Keywords
Dams - Montana - Fort Peck Dam; Montana - Fort Peck Dam; Truman - Addresses - General File - Fort Peck Dam; Truman - Trips - Dams - Flood Control - Montana - Fort Peck Dam; Truman - Bess - Trips - Other - Montana - Fort Peck Dam; Truman - Margaret - Trips - Other - Montana - Fort Peck Dam
People Pictured
Pick, Lewis A. (Lewis Andrew), 1890-1956
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
Rights

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Credit:
Charles J. Johnston
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (base of stairs) and General Lewis A. Pick descend the stairs of the speakers' platform after the President addressed the crowd at Fort Peck Dam, Montana. In shadow, on the left, are Bess and Margaret Truman. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation for the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.
Date(s)
May 13, 1950