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President Truman and his Cabinet

96-434-02
Accession Number
96-434-02
8-1/2x13 inches
Black & White
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NAID 350878344
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Potsdam Conference, 1945
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Cabinet - Truman - 1945
People Pictured
Blandford, John Bennett, 1897-1972
Crowley, Leo T. (Leo Thomas), 1889-1972
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Hannegan, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1903-1949
Krug, Julius A. (Julius Albert), 1907-1970
Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985
Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-1975
Schwellenbach, Lewis B. (Lewis Baxter), 1894-1948
Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965
Davis, William H. (William Hammatt), 1879-1964
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Description

President Harry S. Truman, photographed for the first time with his Cabinet and heads of government agencies, holds his first Cabinet meeting following the Tri-Partite (Potsdam) Conference of Berlin. Clockwise are Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach, National Housing Administrator John Blandford, War Production Board head Julius Krug, War Mobilization Director John Snyder, Director of Economic Stabilization William Davis, Foreign Economics Administrator Leo Crowley, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, Undersecretary of Interior Abe Fortas, who sat in for Secretary Ickes, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, President Truman, Secretary of Treasury Fred Vinson, Attorney General Tom Clark and Secretary of Navy James Forrestal. Similar to 96-434-01 and 69-61. From: John W. Snyder Papers.

Date(s)
August 10, 1945