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Bess Truman with Hollywood celebrities at the Roosevelt Birthday Ball

73-2101
Accession Number
73-2101
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338955300
Keywords
Actors
Balls (Parties)
Cake
First ladies
HST Keywords
Roosevelt Birthday Ball; Truman - Bess - Dinners - Parties - Shows
People Pictured
Johnson, Van, 1916-2008
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Coburn, Charles Douville, 1877-1961
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
First Lady Bess Truman (second left of cake) at the Roosevelt Birthday Ball with various Hollywood celebrities in attendance. Charles Coburn is third from the left. Van Johnson is on the right of the cake, eating a piece of cake. Others are unidentified.
Date(s)
January 28, 1946

Content last reviewed: May 02, 2024