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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1411 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 5 July 1945 Pagination: 1 photo ; b&w Order a Copy

One image of Harry S. Truman receiving a plaque from two schoolchildren commemorating the amount of war bond sales in American schools. Wire transfer text details the amount sold.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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