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Truman signs Document Authorizing Participation in Haiti Bicentennial International Exposition

2006-185
Accession Number
2006-185
5x7 inches (13x18 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350376758
Keywords
Diplomats
Legislation
Presidents
HST Keywords
Haiti; Negroes; Truman - Signing - Documents - Haiti - International Exposition of 1949
People Pictured
Hildreth, Melvin Davis, 1890-1959
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Description
In the Oval Office at the White House, President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the document authorizing the participation of the United States in the International Exposition for the Bicentennial of the founding of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Standing from left to right are: Rene Colimon, 1st Secretary of the Haitian Embassy in Washington, D.C.; Jules Domond, Commercial Attache at the Haitian Embassy; and Melvin Hildreth, President of the Democratic Party of Washington, D.C. From: Pierre Edouard Domond, Courtesy of the Chantal Domond Prints and Photographs Collection
Date(s)
August 19, 1949