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Associated Press [Frank Fellows handing President Harry S. Truman a salmon]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1436 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 4 April 1947 Pagination: 1 photo ; b&w Order a Copy

One photograph dated April 4, 1947 of President Harry S. Truman receiving a salmon from Frank Fellows. The fish was caught from a salmon pool in Bangor, Maine.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Fellows, Frank, 1889-1951

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