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San Francisco Flag Day photograph album of Harry S. Truman in Golden Gate Park [graphic].
BANC PIC 2004.070--PIC
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Collection Overview

Title:

San Francisco Flag Day photograph album of Harry S. Truman in Golden Gate Park

Creator/Contributor:

Potter, Homer F., creator

Abstract:

Album documents 1948 Flag Day ceremony in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif. Photographs depict U.S. President Harry S. Truman as well as other ceremony participants. Also includes correspondence, ephemera and newsclippings pertaining to the event and, especially, its organization by the Elks. Also includes personal material pertaining to the collector and that year's Flag Day Committee chairman, Homer F. Potter, and other Potter family members.

Date:

1948 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Truman, Harry S -- 1884-1972 -- Pictorial works
Potter, Homer F -- Pictorial works
Elks (Fraternal order). -- Lodge No. 3 (San Francisco, Calif.)
Flag Day -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Note:

Collected by Homer F. Potter.
Photographs removed from album for preservation purposes. Original album binder retained. Title stamped on original album binder: Presented to Homer F. Potter P.E.R. Chairman of the 1948 Flag Day Committee by the Officers and Members of San Francisco Lodge No. 3 Elks.
Title devised by cataloger.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Purchase; from Neal K. Austinson, Jr.; 2004.

Type:

graphic
Photograph albums.

Physical Description:

graphic
photoprint
1 box (ca. 60 photographic prints) : 8 x 10 in. or smaller.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 2004.070--PIC

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.