File:Lauren Bacall on top of a piano at the National Press Club of the United States on 10 February 1945 (cropped).jpg

DescriptionLauren Bacall on top of a piano at the National Press Club of the United States on 10 February 1945 (cropped).jpg	English: Photograph of Lauren Bacall on top of the piano while Vice President Harry S. Truman plays at the National Press Club Canteen.
Date	10 February 1945
Source	Life magazine, February 26, 1945 (page 25)
Author	Time Inc., photograph by Charles Cort from Acme
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Photographer credit appears on page 19. Date of event here archive copy at the Wayback Machine

Text overprinting the photo reads as follows:
While Actress Lauren Bacall lounges on piano top, Vice President Truman plays an old-fashioned waltz for servicemen in Washington

Text on facing page (24) reads as follows:
PICTURE OF THE WEEK:
Among the duties of a Vice President is attendance at certain social functions which the President is too busy to attend. Into these obligations Harry Truman has thrown himself with an enthusiasm amazing to Washington. He has attended teas, lunches, dinners, gone to 14 parties in three days. Recently he crowned his social career with an appearance at National Press Club Canteen where he played the piano for sultry actress Lauren Bacall.

LIFE issues from Volume 16 Number 1 through Volume 18 Number 13 are in public domain as their copyright was not renewed. This issue is Volume 18, Number 9.

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