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Bess and Margaret Truman on a causeway at the top of Fort Peck Dam, Montana

2005-224
Accession Number
2005-224
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350376098
Keywords
Children of presidents
Dams
First ladies
Presidential trips
HST Keywords
Dams - Fort Peck; Montana - Fort Peck Dam; Truman - Bess - Trips - Other - Montana - Fort Peck Dam; Truman - Margaret - Trips - Other - Montana - Fort Peck Dam
People Pictured
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
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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 (at railing, second from right) and Margaret Truman (at railing, fourth from right) stand, with unidentified others, on a causeway at the 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