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President Truman holding small child on rear train platform

73-2769
Accession Number
73-2769
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338956644
Keywords
Children
Presidential trips
Presidents
Railroads
HST Keywords
Missouri - Cities - Springfield; Trains - 1948; Truman - Gifts - Other - Pistol; Truman - Trips - Other - Presidential - Missouri, Bolivar - Ref. to;
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Rights

Public Domain - This item is in the public domain and can be used freely without further permission.

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (on platform, second from left) receives a gift (German pistol) from Stevie Stoltz on the rear platform of a train at Springfield, Missouri. All others unidentified. The President is on his way to Bolivar, Missouri, to dedicate a statue of Simon Bolivar. See also 2005-201.
Date(s)
July 5, 1948