Truman posing with reporters at the railroad station in Independence, Missouri

Accession Number

97-26

8x10 inches (21x26 cm)

Black & White

Printer-Friendly Version

NAID 350900534

Keywords

HST Keywords

Truman - Birthday - 75th; Truman - Press - TV; Missouri - Independence - Buildings - Railroad Station; Missouri - Cities - Independence - Truman and Friends

People Pictured

Feeback, Sammie Gene, 1913-1986

Gentry, Sue, 1905-2004

Jessee, Randall S., 1914-1976

Porter, James Woodrow, Journalist

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Rights

Public Domain - This item is in the public domain and can be used freely without further permission.

Note: If you use this image, rights assessment and attribution are your responsibility.

Credit:

Sammie Feeback

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

Attention media: Please make note of this item's accession number. Print out this page and retain it for your permissions records before downloading this image file for possible publication. Library staff cannot sign permissions forms or provide additional paperwork. The Library charges no usage fees for downloaded images.

Description

At the Missouri Pacific train station in Independence, Missouri, former President Harry S. Truman poses with newspersons from the Independence and Kansas City area. Standing: Bill Straeter, J. W. (Bud) Porter, President Truman, Hurley K. Burgess, Sue Gentry, Wes Lyle and Dick Corliss. Kneeling are Sammie Feeback and Randall Jessee. The occasion was a surprise birthday party for the former President given by local reporters and photographers as he and Mrs. Truman prepared to depart for New York and Washington to attend a series of 75th birthday celebrations. Includes an original negative. Donor: Dorothy Feeback.

Date(s)

April 26, 1959

Breadcrumb

Truman posing with reporters at the railroad station in Independence, Missouri