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[Mrs. Harry S. Truman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] – Vintage Photo Print

[Mrs. Harry S. Truman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], [between 1944 and 1953] — historic photograph
[Mrs. Harry S. Truman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], [between 1944 and 1953]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Mrs. Harry S. Truman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Mrs. Harry S. Truman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

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A formal head-and-shoulders study of Bess Truman, turned to her left, comes from the Washington studio Harris & Ewing, which made many official portraits of government figures and their families. Bess Wallace grew up in Independence, Missouri, alongside Harry Truman, and she was known for avoiding the spotlight. Portraits like this one, taken as her husband moved from the Senate to the vice presidency and then the presidency, show a composed, reserved bearing that suited her temperament.

Created / published[between 1944 and 1953]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1940-1960.Photographic prints 1940-1960.
NotesCopyright by Harris & Ewing. No. 194466-06.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,215 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110808

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