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Truman and Cabinet discussing Japanese Surrender

58-764 (untitled)
Accession Number
58-764
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
Cabinet meetings
Cabinet officers
Presidents
Public officers
World War, 1939-1945
HST Keywords
Truman - Cabinet - Truman - 1945; Autographs - Cabinet - 1945; Truman - Autographs - Photograph Signed - Authentic Sign.
People Pictured
Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-1975
Blandford, John Bennett, 1897-1972
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977
Crowley, Leo T. (Leo Thomas), 1889-1972
Davis, William H. (William Hammatt), 1879-1964
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Hannegan, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1903-1949
Krug, Julius A. (Julius Albert), 1907-1970
Schwellenbach, Lewis B. (Lewis Baxter), 1894-1948
Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985
Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965
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Description

President Harry S. Truman meeting with his Cabinet to discuss the Japanese Surrender to end World War II. Around the table, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach; National Housing Agency Chairman John B. Blandford, Jr.; War Production Board Chairman Julius Krug; War Mobilization Director John W. Snyder; Office of Economic Stabilization Director William H. Davis; Foreign Economics Administrator Leo Crowley; Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace; Under Secretary of the Interior Abe Fortas; Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of War Henry Stimson; Secretary of State James Byrnes; President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson; Attorney General Tom Clark; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. Photograph is signed by all.

Date(s)
August 10, 1945