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Harry S. Truman's "Little White House" - Photo 3
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- Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
Harry S. Truman's "Little White House" - Photo 3
This is a photograph of President Harry S. Truman during a press conference in the garden of the "Little White House" in Key West, Florida.
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