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Boy Presents Truman with Firecracker

This black-and-white photograph by Abbie Rowe is of President Harry Truman meeting with Michael Gene Condatore of Washington in the Oval Office, where Michael presented the president with an oversized "firecracker" that had the president's initials on it.
Photographer
Abbie Rowe
Date of Work
June 24, 1947
Type
Photograph
Credit
National Archives and Records Administration
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