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President Harry S. Truman Autographs a Baseball

64-76
Accession Number
64-76
6.75x8.5 inches
Black & White
HST Keywords
Truman - Autographs - Truman Signing
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Description

President Harry S. Truman (left) autographs a baseball for Private First Class Paul E. Davis (right), the first American soldier in Tokyo, Japan. Davis caught the baseball at the World Series. Also pictured is the newly elected Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Joseph M. Stack (center). From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Date(s)
October 15, 1945