Truman Signing Bill for Upper Colorado River Basin Compact

Accession Number

73-3015

8x10 inches (21x26 cm)

Black & White

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NAID 338957144

Keywords

HST Keywords

Truman - Cabinet - Truman with Members; Truman - Dignitaries - Representatives; Truman - Dignitaries - Senators; Truman - Signing - Documents - Colorado River Basin Compact

People Pictured

Krug, Julius A. (Julius Albert), 1907-1970

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-1975

Chavez, Dennis, 1888-1962

Hunt, Lester C. (Lester Calloway), 1892-1954

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 at his desk in the Oval Office signing S. 790, an act granting the consent of the United States to the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, as Interior Secretary Julius Krug and members of the Congressional delegations of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona look on. Secretary Krug is the man in the striped tie standing in front of the flag, behind President Truman. Arizona Senator and former Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson is the man in the background directly behind President Truman, wearing glasses. The two men leaning on the back of Truman's chair are Senator Lester Hunt (left) and Senator Dennis Chavez (right). All others are unidentified.

Date(s)

April 6, 1949

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Truman Signing Bill for Upper Colorado River Basin Compact