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Truman Gets Nose Cleaned


Truman Gets Nose Cleaned (Acc. No. 38.01254.001)
Truman Gets Nose Cleaned (Acc. No. 38.01254.001)

Title Truman Gets Nose Cleaned
Artist/Maker Associated Press
Date 1953-01-04
Medium Photograph, black and white
Dimensions h. 8 x w. 10 in. (h. 20.32 x w. 25.4 cm)
Credit Line U.S. Senate Collection
Accession Number 38.01254.001


  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
  • Caption (recto, integrated into the image): (WX1) WASHINGTON, Jan. 4,-- TRUMAN GETS NOSE CLEANED --U.S. Capitol / Janitor Willie Lewis gives a final wipe to the nose of a bust of / former president Harry Truman just outside the Senate chamber today in / preparation for opening of Congress session this week. Penchant of / tourists to tweak the statue's nose has discolored the white marble. / Now it is clean again. / (ap wirephotot(bef21033stf-hlg)1953
    Stamp (verso, left center, in blue ink): RSD 09925
    Stamp (verso, right center, in black ink with red underline): HARRY TRUMAN - - - BUST

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