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Bess Truman on a causeway over Fort Peck Dam in Montana

2005-223
Accession Number
2005-223
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350376096
Keywords
Dams
First ladies
Presidential trips
HST Keywords
Dams - Montana - Fort Peck; Montana - Fort Peck Dam; Truman - Bess - Trips - Other - Montana - Fort Peck Dam
People Pictured
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
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Credit:
Charles J. Johnston
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Bess Truman (second from left) and unidentified others stand on the causeway on top of Fort Peck Dam, Montana, during a stopover on President Harry S. Truman'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