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International News Photo Independence, MO.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1422 Author/Creator: International News Photo Place Written: Independence, Missouri Type: Photograph Date: 5 November 1946 Pagination: 1 photo ; b&w Order a Copy

One image of President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman dated November 5, 1946. Wire transfer text details that it was Margaret Truman's first time voting.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Margaret, 1924-2008

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