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President Harry S. Truman Posing With Finished Cartoon Portraits

73-3180
Accession Number
73-3180
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338957504
Keywords
Artists
Drawing
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Press - TV; Truman - Portraits - Informal Portraits
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Andriola, Alfred, 1912-1983
Caniff, Milton Arthur, 1907-1988
Edson, Gus, 1901-1966
Fischer, Jo, 1904-
Fisher, Ham, 1901-1955
Goldberg, Rube, 1883-1970
Pieretti, John
Raymond, Alex, 1909-1956
Van Buren, Raeburn, 1891-1987
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (center, wearing glasses) posing outside the White House with a group of visiting cartoonists, as they exhibit the sketches they have just made of the President. The cartoonists holding up drawings are: Ham Fisher (left), Milton Caniff (behind Fisher), Alex Raymond (behind Truman), Jo Fischer (behind Truman's left shoulder), Ray Van Buren (standing behind Pieretti), Alfred Andriola (standing at Mr. Truman's left, wearing bow tie), John Pieretti (second from right), Rube Goldberg (right), and Gus Edson (kneeling, right). All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
October 3, 1949

Content last reviewed: May 02, 2024