Truman-Mother-LIFE-1944.jpg

Description

English: Photograph of Harry S. Truman with his mother, Martha Ellen Young Truman, on the front porch of her house in Grandview, Missouri

Photograph leads the feature story, "Truman in Missouri"
Caption reads as follows:
Right after the convention Senator Truman went to call on his 91-year-old mother, whom he calls "Mamma" or "Boss". She still lives in Grandview, Mo.

The 1944 Democratic Presidential Convention took place July 19–21, 1944; this photograph is likely to have been taken in July 1944.

Date

21 August 1944

Source

Life magazine, Volume 17, Number 8 (page 75)

Author

Time Inc.; photograph by Jack Wilkes

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Photographer credit appears on page 23.

LIFE issues from Volume 16 Number 1 through Volume 18 Number 13 are in public domain as their copyright was not renewed. This issue is Volume 17, Number 16.

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