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Truman Receives Gift from Princess Elizabeth

73-3796
Accession Number
73-3796
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338958858
Keywords
Armed forces officers
First ladies
Gifts
Kings and rulers
Presidents
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Visitors, Foreign
Visits of state
HST Keywords
Truman - Bess - Dignitaries - Foreign; Truman - Dignitaries - Foreign - Britain; Truman - Gifts - Foreign
People Pictured
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-2021
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
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 (center) makes remarks during a Rose Garden ceremony in which Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (center right) presented the president with a gift on behalf of her father, King George VI. First Lady Bess W. Truman (left) and Prince Philip (right) look on. The gift consisted of an overmantel paired with rare English candelabra, a three-part mirror, and oil painting of flowers set in a carved gilt frame. Also present is President Truman's Military Aide, Harry Vaughan (far left). All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
November 2, 1951