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Former President Truman Shaking Hands with Stuart Symington at Eleanor Roosevelt Banquet

95-453-04
Accession Number
95-453-04
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348292818
Keywords
Comedians
Dinners and dining
Ex-presidents
Fund raising
Legislators
Political parties
HST Keywords
New York - New York - Truman Visits to; Truman – Banquets – Dinners - Post Presidency – Roosevelt, Eleanor; Truman – Dignitaries – Senators – Symington, Stuart; Truman – Trips – Other - Post Presidential – New York, New York
People Pictured
Finletter, Thomas Knight, 1893-1980
Humphrey, Hurbert Horatio, Jr., 1911-1978
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Credit:
George S. Zimbel

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

A banquet is being held to honor former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. It is a fund raising event for the Democratic party. Former President Harry S. Truman (left at the podium) shakes hands with Missouri Senator Stuart Symington. In the background are, left to right: Thomas Finletter, comedian Mort Sahl, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, and Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

Date(s)
December 7, 1959