PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 01/06/1969 - HFSID 274694
Price: $600.00
HARRY TRUMAN
He inscribed and signed this photo of a famous painted portrait by Greta
Kempton.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Sidney R. Craig/from/Harry
Truman/1-6-69". B/w, 9x12. Harry S Truman (1884-1972) had been Vice
President for only 82 days when he became the 33rd President of the
U.S. (1945-1953) upon Franklin D. Roosevelt's death on April 12, 1945. Faced
with the ordeal of ending WWII, Truman oversaw the surrender of Germany (May 7)
and ordered the atomic bombings on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki
(August 9). He fought the Cold War with the Truman Doctrine, a policy of
extending aid to nations facing communist subversion. By the end of 1945, Truman
had introduced economic measures that would become part of his Fair Deal
program. As a result, the minimum wage was increased from 40 to 75 cents an
hour through an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and Social
Security benefits were extended to include approximately ten million more
people. During his second term, Truman ordered U.S. forces into action when
North Korean troops invaded American-supported South Korea. Painter Greta
Kempton (1903-1991), known in her time as "the Capital's court
painter," painted many prominent political and business leaders, but had
especially close ties to the Truman family. The portrait reproduced in this
photo was her first of the President; the image was used for his official
re-election poster in 1948, for a 1983 stamp, and a 1985 commemorative coin.
Kempton bequeathed her estate to the Truman Library Institute. Lightly worn
at corners and upper edge. Overall, fine condition.
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