Photograph of President Truman in the Oval Office

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Description

President Truman receiving a report to the nation on the work of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), prepared by the United States Committee for UNICEF; (from left to right) Under Secretary of State James Webb; Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; the President; Mrs. Mary Lord, chairman of the U.S. Committee for UNICEF; Miss Katharine Lenroot, chief of the Children’s Bureau and U.S. delegate to UNICEF; and Dallas Dort, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection HST-AVC: Audiovisual Collection.

National Archives Identifier: 338957382

Full Citation: 73-3125; Photograph of President Truman in the Oval Office; 11/16/1949; Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman, 1957–2023; Collection HST-AVC: Audiovisual Collection,; Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, MO. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/photograph-of-president-truman-in-the-oval-office/, April 1, 2026]

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