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President Harry S. Truman Leaving for the Opening of Congress

64-03-04
Accession Number
64-03-04
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 343788223
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Children of presidents
First ladies
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Cabinet - Truman - 1945; Truman - Family - Wife - Daughter - 1947
People Pictured
Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-1975
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Krug, Julius A. (Julius Albert), 1907-1970
Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952
Schwellenbach, Lewis B. (Lewis Baxter), 1894-1948
Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
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Description
President Harry S. Truman and members of his family and Cabinet are leaving for the Capitol building to attend President Truman's State of the Union address to Congress. From left to right, are: Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Attorney General Tom C. Clark, Secretary of War Robert Patterson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Truman, Margaret Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, and Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach. There is a copy of President Truman's signature directly below his picture. This photo is from the album "The President and his Cabinet," from John W. Snyder.
Date(s)
January 6, 1947