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Associated Press Truman Talks in Rain

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1439 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Syracuse, New York Type: Photograph Date: 8 October 1948 Pagination: 1 photo ; b&w Order a Copy

One photograph dated October 8, 1948 of President Harry S. Truman during a conference. Pictured is the president with a large fringed umbrella above him.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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