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Bess Truman with actors at Roosevelt Birthday Ball

73-2181 (untitled)
Accession Number
73-2181
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
Actors
Actresses
Balls (Parties)
Birthday cakes
First ladies
HST Keywords
Truman - Bess - Dinners - Parties - Shows
People Pictured
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Lansbury, Angela, 1925-
Lynn, Diana
Romero, Cesar, 1907-1994
Smith, Alexis, 1921-
O'Brien, Margaret, 1937-
Bendix, William, 1906-1964
Henreid, Paul, 1908-1992
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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
First Lady Bess Truman giving a piece of birthday cake to actor William Bendix at a Roosevelt Birthday Ball event in Washington, D.C. as other Hollywood celebrities look on. Diana Lynn (left), Angela Lansbury (second from left), Margaret O'Brien (between Ms. Lansbury and Mr. Bendix), Paul Henreid (fourth from right) Alexis Smith (third from right), and Cesar Romero (right) can also be seen in the photograph. Others are unidentified.
Date(s)
January 28, 1946