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Former President Truman in Billiken Day Parade in Chicago, Illinois

2005-270
Accession Number
2005-270
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350376200
Keywords
African Americans
Autographs
Automobiles
Ex-presidents
Journalists
Parades
HST Keywords
Autographs - Sengstacke, John H.; Automobiles - Truman in; Illinois - Chicago - Truman; Parades - Illinois, Chicago - Billiken Day; Truman - Trips - Other - Post Presidential - Illinois, Chicago
People Pictured
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976
Sengstacke, John Herman Henry, 1912-1997
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Description

Former President Harry S. Truman sits on the left, high on the back seat of a convertible waving to the crowd in the Bud Billiken Day Parade in Chicago, Illinois. John H. Sengstacke, publisher and editor of The Chicago Defender, is in the center. Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley sits on the right. Mr. Truman was taking a break from the Democratic National Convention being held in Chicago at this time. The photo is autographed: Best Wishes, John H. Sengstacke, Billiken Day, 1956. During the Truman administration, Mr. Sengstacke was a member of the Committee on Equal Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. From: John H. Sengstacke.

Date(s)
August 11, 1956