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President Harry S. Truman with Celebrities at the 1949 Inaugural Gala

64-884-01
Accession Number
64-884-01
6.5x8.5 inches
Black & White
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NAID 343793485
Keywords
Actors
Actresses
Balls (Parties)
Celebrities
Entertainers
Inaugurations
Presidential inaugurations
Presidents
Singers
Women singers
HST Keywords
Truman - Inauguration - 1949; Truman - Dignitaries - Entertainers - Movie Stars; Inaugural - 1949 - Ball; Movie Stars
People Pictured
Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978
Davis, Joan
Faye, Alice, 1915-1998
Horne, Lena
Jessel, George Albert, 1898-1981
Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996
Powell, Jane, 1929-2021
Regan, Phil, 1906-
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Maynor, Dorothy, 1910-1996
Monroe, Lucy, 1906-1987
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Inaugural party with program by movie stars and others. Left to Right: Edgar Bergen, Joan Davis, Lena Horne, Margaret O'Brien, George Jessel, unidentified, Dorothy Maynor, unidentified, unidentified, President Harry S. Truman, Alice Faye, Phil Regan, unidentified woman (partly obscured), Lucy Monroe, unidentified man, Jane Powell, Kathryn DeWitt, Gene Kelly. This photograph is from the Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.
Date(s)
January 19, 1949