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President and Mrs. Truman Return to the White House

73-3273
Accession Number
73-3273
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 338957706
Keywords
First ladies
Presidential residences
Presidents
White House staff
HST Keywords
Negroes; Truman - Bess - Family - HST - Presidency; Truman - Ceremonies - White House Key; White House - Miscellaneous - Renovation; White House - Staff - Domestic
People Pictured
Fields, Alonzo, 1900-1994
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Larson, Jess, 1904-1987
West, J. B., 1912-1983
Claunch, Charles K. (Charles Kenneth), 1899-1978
Crim, Howell G., d. 1959
Kelley, William H.
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 and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman upon their return to the newly renovated White House, reopened to the First Family after three years of repair and reconstruction. From left to right: Usher Charles Claunch, President Truman, Chief Usher Howell G. Crim (partly obscured), Mrs. Truman, Chief Butler Alonzo Fields, Assistant to the Chief Usher J. B. West, Project Manager for Public Buildings, William Kelley, and Jess Larson, General Services Administration.
Date(s)
March 27, 1952