October 29, 1949
First Daughter Margaret Truman was the featured soprano soloist with the St. Louis Symphony at Kiel Opera House. She received four curtain calls and sang two encores.
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Portrait of the Truman Family
Greta Kempton, 1952, The State Historical Society of Missouri Art Gallery, Columbia
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