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Political Cartoon of President Harry S. Truman Leaving for Potsdam

64-511
Accession Number
64-511
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 343791717
Keywords
Political cartoons
HST Keywords
Truman - Cabinet - Foreign Conferences - Leaving for; Truman - Cabinet - Truman - 1945
People Pictured
Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Roberts, Owen J. (Owen Josephus), 1875-1955
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Description
President Harry S. Truman (center) packs his suitcase for his trip to Germany in July of 1945 to deal with postwar Europe. Alongside this task, he faced the resignation Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. (left) as well as Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts (right). Karl Kae Knecht created this political cartoon for the Evansville, Indiana Courier and appeared on July 6, 1945. The original drawing of this cartoon is in the museum collection of the Truman Library.
Date(s)
1945