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Margaret and Bess Truman Departure from Boca Chica, Florida

2012-532
Accession Number
2012-532
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350381690
Keywords
Airports
Children of presidents
First ladies
Presidential vacations
HST Keywords
Florida - Boca Chica; Truman - Bess - Trips - Key West - 1948; Truman - Margaret - Trips - Key West - 1948
People Pictured
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
Rights

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Credit:
U.S. Navy

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Margaret and Bess Truman watch as departure ceremonies progress at the Naval Airfield, Boca Chica, Florida, as the first family sets a course for Washington, D.C. The man in the photo is unidentified. The Key West high school band played martial music during the ceremonies. (Same as 74-333). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.
Date(s)
November 21, 1948