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President Truman and Hollywood Stars at Inaugural Gala

73-2845
Accession Number
73-2845
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 338956796
Keywords
Actors
Actresses
Balls (Parties)
Entertainers
Presidential inaugurations
Presidents
Women singers
Receptions
African American singers
HST Keywords
Truman - Inauguration - 1949
People Pictured
Faye, Alice, 1915-1998
Harris, Phil, 1904-1995
Horne, Lena
Jessel, George Albert, 1898-1981
Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996
O'Brien, Margaret, 1937-
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978
Davis, Joan
Powell, Jane, 1929-2021
Regan, Phil, 1906-
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
President Harry S. Truman poses with performers at the inaugural gala held at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. From left to right, Edgar Bergen, Joan Davis, Lena Horne, Margaret O'Brien, George Jessel, unidentified man, Dorothy Maynor, unidentified man (partly obscured), unidentified woman (partly obscured), President Truman, Phil Harris (partly obscured), Alice Faye, Phil Regan, unidentified woman, Lucy Monroe, unidentified man, Jane Powell, unidentified woman, Gene Kelly.
Date(s)
January 19, 1949