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Document 167838
HARRY S TRUMAN. Photo Mount inscribed and
signed: "To Edw. D. McKim, my 'unknown/soldier' but my most happy/comrade,
may he live forever." B/w, 10¾x14 overall, image 6½x8¾ (two surfaces).
EDWARD D. McKIM had served with Truman in the 129th Field Artillery
during WWI. Kim helped him in his first campaign for public office in 1922 when
Truman was elected Judge of the County Court, Jackson County, Missouri. McKim
helped him in all his elections and even traveled with him on his 1944 vice
presidential cross-country campaign. On the day President Roosevelt died, McKim,
an insurance executive, was waiting in his suite at Washington's Hotel Statler
for the Vice President to show up for a planned poker game which, of course, was
cancelled. One of President Truman's first appointments was naming McKim as his
Chief Administrative Assistant. After two months, McKim left the White House to
work for the new Federal Loan Administrator, also an old Missouri friend.
Mounting remnants on verso, no show through. Slightly shaded at borders touching
the writing and signature. Creased, with three ¾-inch horizontal tears at blank
left border. Pinhead-size nick at upper left edge of photo, with glue remnant
showing. Overall, fine condition.
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