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United Press International [Harry Truman and Ralph Bellamy]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1471 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 25 May 1958 Pagination: 1 print : b&w ; Order a Copy

One photograph of Harry Truman and Ralph Bellamy dated May 25, 1958. Features Truman and Bellamy shaking hands. The attached description notes that Bellamy is playing Truman's predecessor Franklin Roosevelt which is why he wears glasses similar to Roosevelts. It also notes the wheel chair in the background.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991

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