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President Harry S. Truman (center, glasses) posing outside the White House with a group of visi…
President Harry S. Truman (center, glasses) posing outside the White House with a group of visiting cartoonists, as they exhibit the sketches they have just made of the President. Those holding up drawings, from left to right: Ham Fisher (partly cut off), Milton Caniff, Alex Raymond, Jo Fischer (over Truman's left shoulder), Alfred Andriola (bow tie, next to Truman), Ray Van Buren (next to Fischer), John Pieretti, and Rube Goldberg. All others are unidentified. Photograph no. 73-3181; "President Harry S. Truman Poses With Completed Cartoon Portraits," October 3, 1948. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman; Photograph Collection; Collection HST-PHC; Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Independence, MO. NAID: 7865597.
Milton Arthur Caniff
President Harry S. Truman (center, glasses) posing outside the White House with a group of visi…
President Harry S. Truman (center, glasses) posing outside the White House with a group of visiting cartoonists, as they exhibit the sketches they have just made of the President. Those holding up drawings, from left to right: Ham Fisher (partly cut off), Milton Caniff, Alex Raymond, Jo Fischer (over Truman's left shoulder), Alfred Andriola (bow tie, next to Truman), Ray Van Buren (next to Fischer), John Pieretti, and Rube Goldberg. All others are unidentified. Photograph no. 73-3181; "President Harry S. Truman Poses With Completed Cartoon Portraits," October 3, 1948. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman; Photograph Collection; Collection HST-PHC; Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Independence, MO. NAID: 7865597.
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Milton Arthur Caniff

American cartoonist, 1907-1988
Milton Arthur Paul Caniff (b. February 28, 1907, Hillsboro, Ohio-d. April 3, 1988, New York City, New York), American cartoonist famous for Terry and Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strip series.
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