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Unidentified Couple Playing Backgammon at Camp Shangri la, Maryland

2012-842
Accession Number
2012-842
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350382360
Keywords
Presidential retreats
Swimming pools
Games
HST Keywords
Shangri-la - Maryland; Maryland - Shangri-la
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Credit:
Paul Begley
U.S. Navy

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
An unidentified man and woman play Backgammon on a picnic table next to the swimming pool at Shangri-la, the Navy Rest Camp in the Catoctin Mountains at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Maryland, frequently used as a presidential retreat. The camp has subsequently been renamed Camp David. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.
Date(s)
September 6, 1950