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International News Photo Acheson Welcomed Home By Chief

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1444 Author/Creator: International News Photo Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 15 November 1949 Pagination: 1 photo ; b&w Order a Copy

One photograph dated November 15, 1949 of President Harry S. Truman welcoming Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Alice, his wife.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971
Acheson, Alice, 1895-1996

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