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Associated Press Truman Bids Mary Churchill Goodbye

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1413 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: England, United Kingdom Type: Photograph Date: 16 July 1945 Pagination: 1 photo ; b&w Order a Copy

One image of Harry S. Truman dated July 16, 1945 bidding Mary Soames, daughter of Winston Churchill goodbye. The prime minister is also captured on the steps.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Soames, Mary, 1922-2014

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