Thomas J. Pendergast, portrait from "Independence As It Is" (catalog date ca. 1900, Truman Library)
An oval book portrait of a young man that the Truman Library catalog identifies as Thomas J. Pendergast; the catalog says it comes from the book "Independence As It Is" and dates it about 1900.
- Date
- 1900
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- NAID
- 348309825
- Rights
- The National Archives catalog marks this item "Use Restriction: Unrestricted," with the credit "Harry S. Truman Library." The series "Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman" (NAID 198606) carries the note: "Some or all of the records may be subject to copyright restrictions. Researchers should contact the publisher for further information." The catalog says the portrait is from the book "Independence As It Is" and dates it about 1900; a book published in the United States in 1930 or earlier is in the public domain there. This archive relies on that date and on the item-level mark. Truman Library identifier 63-74. The stored copy is the catalog's 800-pixel image.
The National Archives catalog title is “Thomas J. Pendergast,” Truman Library identifier 63-74. The description reads: “Portrait of Thomas J. Pendergast. From the book, ‘Independence As It Is.’” The catalog’s date is “ca. 1900.”
The image is an oval half-tone portrait of a young man with dark hair and a large moustache, in a plaid bow tie and a checked jacket. The identification is the catalog’s, taken from the book.
The portrait comes from about four decades before the federal tax case of 1939 whose opinions are filed in this archive. It is filed as a likeness of the man named in those records and records nothing about them.