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Associated Press Truman Signs British Loan Bill

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1427 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 15 July 1946 Pagination: 1 photo ; b&w Order a Copy

One image dated July 15, 1946 of President Harry S. Truman signing a British loan agreement bill for $3.75 million. Also pictured are Fred M. Vinson, James F. Pyrnes, Lord Inverchapel, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
Byrnes, James F., 1879-1972
Inverchapel, Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, Baron, 1882-1951
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
1945 to the Present
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Economics
Finance
Postwar Politics and the Cold War

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