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Parade in Key West With Girls Walking

64-194-04
Accession Number
64-194-04
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 343790677
Keywords
Parades
Presidential vacations
African American youth
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International News Photos

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
In a joke being played on Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly and Press Secretary Charles Ross upon their arrival at Key West, Florida, African-American girls from the Douglas School and a marching band lead them to the Little White House. They are in Key West to join President Harry S. Truman and his party on vacation. All are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.
Date(s)
November 15, 1948