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International News Photo In Happier Days

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1419 Author/Creator: International News Photo Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: October 1945 Pagination: 1 photo ; b&w Order a Copy

One image dated October 23, 1945 of President Harry S. Truman with Senator Estes Kefauver with members of the Chattanooga Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963

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