Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
President Truman and Margaret walking
President and Margaret Truman
Margaret Truman Christening the Battleship USS Missouri
Margaret Truman prepares to break a champagne bottle on the bow of the USS Missouri to christen it during a ceremony at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. From left to right: Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly, Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, Senator Harry S. Truman (partially obscured), and Margaret Truman.
Truman Family at the Launching of the USS Missouri
The Truman Family attends christening and launching ceremonies of the battleship USS Missouri at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. From left to right, Senator Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman (with a bouquet of flowers), Bess Truman, and Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy.
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CHARLES KURALT, TRUMAN CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE, Ca. 1984. CBS Sunday Morning segment. Heywood Hale Broun interviews Daniel Pollack, pianist, and David Amram, composer. Footage of Daniel Pollack playing with the Kansas City Symphony at the Truman Centennial Celebration. Premier Performance of David Amram’s “Across the Wide Missouri” in honor of President Truman. Also footage of President Truman playing the piano, David Pollack performing at a joint session of Congress, Jack Benny playing “Happy Birthday” for President Truman, and an interview with Margaret Truman Daniel. ¾-inch videotape
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
Margaret Truman Daniel speaks about the events of April 12, 1945 and how she learned of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death. Film with sound.
Mike
Newsreel footage of Margaret Truman and her Irish Setter, Mike, posing on the front lawn of the White House.