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Our #Harry140 photo this week shows HST at the Truman Library groundbreaking ceremony in May 1955, ready to put his shovel in the ground. With him are members of the Truman Library Foundation, which organized the fundraising drive to construct the Library. catalog.archives.gov/id/348729923
It's time for #ArchivesGames at the #ArchivesHashtagParty ! Bess loved to play bridge with both her family members & ladies in her neighborhood Bridge Club. Here, Bess (left) is playing bridge at the White House with her sisters-in-law Natalie & May (right) & her brother Frank.
Today's #Harry140 post features the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Truman Library! The ceremony took place as part of Mr. Truman’s birthday celebration in 1955. In this photo, HST is holding a shovel-full of dirt while others in the background look on. catalog.archives.gov/id/350382694
This #MenuMonday , we're featuring a menu for which we also have a recipe! #OTD in 1948, the Trumans had scalloped eggplant with dinner. You can try it yourself! The link includes both the handwritten & typed version. Menu: catalog.archives.gov/id/7583220; recipe: catalog.archives.gov/id/139308908
This week's #MoreThanFirstLadies theme for #WomensHistoryMonth is Bess's time as First Lady! This YouTube clip shows footage from one of Bess's first official appearances as First Lady: youtube.com/watch?v=ZlFG0i…
On this #MenuMonday , who has heard of blancmange? It's a dessert consisting of milk or cream, sugar, ground almonds, and (....wait for it....) gelatin!
For #WomensHistoryMonth , we will be talking about Bess all month! This week's theme is 'Before They Were First Ladies.' We recently digitized this letter that Bess wrote to her grandfather, George P. Gates, around 1890 at the age of 5. #MoreThanFirstLadies catalog.archives.gov/id/351273482
This #MenuMonday in the category of unusual food combinations, what do we think of the first course with dinner, apricot juice and oysters on the half-shell? catalog.archives.gov/id/7583186
The #MenuMonday is another culinary mystery! Does anyone know what Virginia Pudding is? catalog.archives.gov/id/7583178