Truman and General Pick in an automobile at Fort Peck Dam, Montana

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2005-219

4x5 inches (10x13 cm)

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Keywords

Armed forces officers

HST Keywords

Dams - Montana - Fort Peck; Montana - Fort Peck Dam; Truman - Automobiles in - 1950; Truman - Dignitaries - Military - Army - Pick, Lewis A.; Truman - Trips - Dams - Flood Control

People Pictured

Pick, Lewis A. (Lewis Andrew), 1890-1956

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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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 (left) and General Lewis A. Pick, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, (right) wait in the back seat of a car for an escort to Fort Peck Dam, Montana, a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

Date(s)

May 13, 1950

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Truman and General Pick in an automobile at Fort Peck Dam, Montana