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Former President Harry S. Truman watches as President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare Bill at the Truman Library

97-1923
Accession Number
97-1923
11x14
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350899874
Keywords
Ex-presidents
First ladies
Legislation
Presidential libraries
Presidents
Vice-Presidents
HST Keywords
Medicare; Truman Library - Special Events - Medicare Signing; Truman Library - Visitors - Johnson, Lyndon B.; Truman, Bess - Ceremonies - Medicare signing
People Pictured
Humphrey, Hurbert Horatio, Jr., 1911-1978
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Description
President Lyndon B. Johnson chose the Harry S. Truman Library as the site for the signing of the Medicare Act in order to honor former President Harry S. Truman, who he dubbed the father of the Medicare concept. Dignitaries who attended the ceremony are shown on the auditorium stage. Left to right: Unidentified man (back to camera), Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Bess Truman, Harry S. Truman. This print is a wonderful 11 X 14 black and white photo.
Date(s)
July 30, 1965