President Harry S. Truman Receives Key to the City of Bolivar, Missouri

Accession Number

73-2733

8x10 inches (21x26 cm)

Black & White

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NAID 338956572

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Keywords

Gifts

Mayors

Presidential campaign, 1948

HST Keywords

Missourui - Cities - Bolivar; Trains - Truman Aboard; Truman - Ceremonies - Dedications - Presidency; Truman - Dignitaries - Foreign - Others; Truman - Gifts - Other - Key to City; Truman - Trips - Missouri

People Pictured

Gallegos, Romulo, 1884-1969

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

McCraw, Doyle C. 1906-1990

Rights

Public Domain - This item is in the public domain and can be used freely without further permission.

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Credit:

Abbie Rowe

National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

President Harry S. Truman (far right), President Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela (on left in front), and Mayor of Bolivar, Missouri Doyle C. McCraw are standing on the rear platform of the presidential train. The train is in the station at Bolivar, Missouri. President Truman has just received the key to the city. Truman dedicated a statue to Simon Bolivar in Bolivar, Missouri. The man in the background on the rear platform is unidentified.

Date(s)

July 5, 1948

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President Harry S. Truman Receives Key to the City of Bolivar, Missouri