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Photographer
Harris, Fred
Studio
Fred Harris Photographs; 1435 Montello Ave NE, Atlantic 5019, Wash. 2 D.C.
Description
A black and white image of Mary McLeod Bethune, left, shaking hands with President Harry S. Truman, right. Mrs. Bethune is wearing a dark-colored dress and a corsage. President Truman is wearing a three-piece suit. Observing the exchange is Congressman of Illinois William L. Dawson, who is standing next to Mary McLeod Bethune, and is wearing a three-button suit and a bowtie. Mrs. Mary Lord, United Nations representative, is standing just behind Dawson's shoulder. On the back of the image is the stamp of the photographer's studio, and is also written, "Mrs. Bethune, Congressman Wm. Dawson, Mrs. Mary Lord, U.N. Representative, Former president Harry S. Truman."
Date
1948
Subjects
Black and white photography -- District of Columbia -- Washington -- Photographs; African Americans; Men -- District of Columbia -- Washington -- Photographs; Women -- District of Columbia -- Washington -- Photographs; Dresses -- Disctrict of Columbia -- Washington -- Photographs; Suits (Clothing) -- Photographs; Presidents -- United States -- Photographs; College presidents -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs
Subject-Personal Names
Bethune, Mary McLeod (1875-1955); Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972); Dawson, William L. (1886-1970); Lord, Mary Pillsbury (1904-1978)
Number of Images
2 images
Side of Image
Back of Postcard
Repository
Bethune-Cookman University
Repository Collection
Bethune-Cookman University Photograph Collection
CFM Storyline
Education
Identifier
DP0001080
Size of Original Image
21 cm. x 25 cm.
Rights Statement
All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact University Archives, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 (386) 481-2186. http://www.cookman.edu/academics/library/index.html
Digital Publisher
Electronically reproduced by the Digital Services unit of the University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, 2009.
Funding source
LSTA Grant 2008-2009
Digital Reproduction Specifications
Jpeg2000 images were derived from 400 dpi tiffs scanned on a Kodak i200 series flatbed scanner.
Date Digitized
2009-07
Recommended Citation
"Mary McLeod Bethune, William Dawson, Mary Lord, Harry Truman" (1948). Images of Central Florida. 980.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-images/980