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Associated Press Austin Thanks Truman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1428 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 7 June 1946 Pagination: 1 photo ; b&w Order a Copy

One image dated June 7 of President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with Senator Warren Austin who was appointed as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Austin, Warren, 1877-1962

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