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Associated Press Truman and Jimmy Roosevelt Meet

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1441 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Los Angeles, California Type: Photograph Date: 16 June 1948 Pagination: 1 photo ; b&w Order a Copy

One photograph dated June 16, 1948 of President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with James Roosevelt during a visit to Los Angeles on June 14.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Roosevelt, James, 1907-1991

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