Margaret Truman at the Launching of the USS Missouri

Accession Number

58-769-13

8x10 inches (21x26 cm)

Black & White

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NAID 345251501

Keywords

HST Keywords

Ships - USS Missouri - Launching; Truman - Ships - USS Missouri - Launching; Truman, Margaret - Christening - Ships - USS Missouri; Truman, Bess - Dedications - Christenings

People Pictured

Kelly, Monroe, 1886-1956

Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008

Location

Brooklyn (N.Y.)

Rights

Public Domain - This item is in the public domain and can be used freely without further permission.

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Credit:

U.S. Navy

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

Margaret Truman poses with a bottle of champagne during the christening ceremony for the USS Missouri at Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. On the platform, from left to right: Jane Lingo, Margaret Truman, Senator Harry S. Truman, Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, and Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly. In front of the platform are Drucie Snyder (right) and Bess Truman (left).

Date(s)

January 29, 1944

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Margaret Truman at the Launching of the USS Missouri