Presidents and the Potomac
For the politicians, civil servants, and accompanying citizenry of the new federal government—freshly arrived in 1800 from comfortable, sophisticated Philadelphia—the...
India State Dinners: President Truman Greets Visitors
- Photographer
- Abbie Rowe
- Date of Work
- October 11, 1949
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- National Park Service, Abbie Rowe, Courtesy of Harry S. Truman Library
India State Dinners: President Truman Greets Visitors
President Truman greets Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Ambassador Vijaya Pandit, of India, upon their arrival at the Washington National Airport. October 11, 1949.
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