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Harry Truman at the Four Freedoms Award Dinner with Birthday Cake

94-340
Accession Number
94-340
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350288429
Related Collection
Harry S. Truman Papers Post-Presidential Papers
Keywords
Awards
Birthday cakes
Birthdays
Dinners and dining
Ex-presidents
HST Keywords
New York - New York - Truman visits to; Truman - Banquets - Dinners - Post-Presidency - Four Freedoms Award Dinner; Truman - Birthday - 72nd; Truman - Trips - Other - Post-Presidential - New York, New York
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Pecora, Ferdinand, 1882-1971
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Credit:
Mac A. Shain

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Former President Harry S. Truman smiles as he stands in front of the birthday cake with a single unlit candle, next to the podium at the awards dinner honoring Averell Harriman. They are at the Four Freedoms Foundation Awards banquet. Among persons standing in background are Averell Harriman, and Judge Ferdinand Pecora, president of the Four Freedoms Foundation.
Date(s)
May 9, 1956