Printing plate of Charles Duster and Matthew Holden Jr.

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A printing plate of Charles E. Duster and Matthew Holden, Jr. used by the Chicago Defender. The plate shows Duster and Holden, students at Wendell Phillips High School, interviewing President Truman during Chicago's Army Day celebration. Duster is looking up and has his proper right hand in the air, holding a pen, while Holden looks down and write something in a notebook. The back of the plate has an inscription that reads [Interviewing Pres. Truman].

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