President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben W. Barkley in the viewing stand, laughing at a passing float during the Inaugural Parade. First Lady Bess Truman and Margaret Truman are seen in the front row, left. Others are unidentified.
Former President Harry S. Truman (left, wearing his American Legion Missouri hat) and other unidentified members of the Legion at the American Legion National Conference in Chicago, 1958, where he delivered a speech on September 3. Donated by Joseph Beninsto.
Former President Harry S. Truman stands in front of the Truman Home with his daughter, Margaret Truman, on her wedding day. Bystanders are unidentified. Photo was taken and donated by John R. Banks.
(L to R) Paul Cropper, Dennis Cropper, former president Harry S. Truman (wearing a hat and holding his briefcase), Marge Cropper, and Pearl Morrison outside of the north entrance of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, MO. The photograph was taken by a security guard at the library.
Photograph of (L to R): Great Britain Prime Minster Clement R. Attlee, United States President Harry S. Truman, and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin, seated in the garden at the Potsdam Conference. This photograph was taken on July 26, 1945 and was the first ever color news photograph to be transmitted and received by radio waves and published. The photograph was taken by the US Army Signal Corps and transmitted by Master Sergeant Joseph E.
Incoming National Press Club President Edward Jamieson (left) and his family standby as Vice President Harry S. Truman plays the piano, accompanied by Jack Benny on the violin at the National Press Club. This was likely a rehearsal for Jamieson's Inaugural party as the new president of the press club. From: Howard Acton.
President Truman visiting the US Naval Academy for a Navy - Penn football game. Pictured in the front row is (from left to right): President Harry S Truman; Superintendent of the Naval Academy, Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch; Brigadier General Harry Vaughan; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Rear Admiral Stuart H. Ingersoll; Admiral of the Fleet William D. Leahy; Press Secretary Charles Ross. Official U.S. Naval Photograph number 2671. Donated by Mr. J. E. Bradshaw.
Formal color head-and-shoulders portrait of President Harry S. Truman, wearing a blue tie with diamonds and squares, his Masonic pin, and a plain white pocket square. See 97-2011 for a black and white version.
The last family to immigrate to the United States under the Displaced Persons Act of 1948 visits President Harry S. Truman in the Rose Garden of the White House. Beate Zylka (3) was a little shy as she approached President Truman. Her sister, Ursula Zylka (6), is mostly obscured by the president. Their mother, Ursula Zylka, stands next to the president. Their father, Josef Zylka, stands next to Mrs. Zylka. John W. Gibson, Chairman of the Displaced Persons Commission, stands behind Mr. and Mrs. Zylka.
A family of displaced persons, the last to immigrate to America under the DP Act of 1948, is welcomed by President Harry S. Truman in the Rose Garden of the White House. They are Josef Zylka (2nd from right), a Polish National and former slave laborer, his wife Ursula Zylka, and their two daughters Ursula Zylka (6), and Beate Zylka (3). John W. Gibson, Chairman of the Displaced Persons Commission, stands behind Mrs. Zylka. Others are unidentified.