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View of audience at the Metropolitan Opera, with Bess and Margaret Truman attending, taken from the stage

2009-1528
Accession Number
2009-1528
10.5x13.5 inches
Black & White
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NAID 348546638
Related Collection
Papers of Harry S. Truman Pertaining to Family, Business, and Personal Affairs
Keywords
Children of presidents
First ladies
Theaters
HST Keywords
Metropolitan Opera; New York - New York - General; Truman - Bess - Concerts; Truman - Margaret - Concerts - Operas
People Pictured
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
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Description
View of the audience, taken from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. They await the opening of Wagner's Lohengrin, ushering in the 1945-46 season, its 61st. Slightly off-center in a box draped with the American flag are Bess and Margaret Truman. The others are unidentified. (Original in oversize file). From: Truman Home.
Date(s)
November 26, 1945