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Harry, Bess and Margaret Truman Viewing the Grand Coulee Dam

2012-216
Accession Number
2012-216
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350380436
Keywords
Children of presidents
Dams
First ladies
Presidential trips
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Trips - Western - 1948; Truman - Bess - Trips - Other - Western - 1948; Truman - Margaret - Trips - Western - 1948; Washington - Grand Coulee Dam
People Pictured
Banks, F. A. (Frank Arthur), 1883-1957
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
Wallgren, Monrad C. (Monrad Charles), 1891-1961
Rights

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Credit:
U.S. Navy

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

The First Family at the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington. Shown with them is Charles Ross, on the far left, talking to Margaret Truman, and Bess Truman in foreground. President Harry S. Truman is mostly obscured by Washington Governor Monrad Wallgren and Manager of the Columbia River District of the Bureau of Reclamation, Frank A. Banks. All have their backs to the camera. This was a stop on President Truman's trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Date(s)
June 9, 1948