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International News Photo Happy Meg Home to Prepare for Wedding

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1464 Author/Creator: International News Photo Place Written: Independence, Missouri Type: Photograph Date: 14 April 1956 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Order a Copy

One photograph dated April 14, 1956 of President Harry S. Truman with Bess Truman and Margaret Truman. Wire transfer text details Margaret Truman's travel itinerary for her wedding weekend.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Margaret, 1924-2008

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