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Former President Harry S. Truman and Family at Ground Breaking

2015-1938
Accession Number
2015-1938
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Color
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NAID 350895688
Related Collection
Sachs, Howard Papers
Keywords
Children of presidents
Ex-presidents
First ladies
Presidential family
Presidential libraries
Ground breaking ceremonies
HST Keywords
Truman - Library - Ground Breaking - HST; Truman - Family - Wife - Daughter - 1955
People Pictured
O'Connor, Basil, 1892-1972
Ellis, Elmer, 1901-1989
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
Truman, Mary Jane, 1889-1978
Rights

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Credit:
Howard Sachs

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Former President Harry S. Truman (center, on right side of podium) with his wife Bess (second from center) and daughter Margaret (third from center) and his sister Mary Jane Truman (second from right) are seated on the stage at the ground breaking ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Sitting around them are also University of Missouri President Elmer Ellis (second from right), Basil O'Connor (behind Margaret, partly obscured), and unidentified other people.
Date(s)
May 8, 1955