Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with with Archbishop of Boston Richard Cushing, at his residence on Commonwealth Ave. in Brighton, MA. 

President Harry S. Truman salutes unidentified servicemen on the runway of the U.S. Naval base before departing Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On the same trip, Truman visited Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Key West, FL. Truman arrived to Guantanamo Bay by boat in the morning and left for Key West, FL, that afternoon via U.S. Army airplane. Donor: Tim Adelman.

Meeting between American and British government officials in Washington, D.C. Seated (L to R): Sir Anthony Eden, British Foreign Minister; Sir Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister; President Harry S. Truman; Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State; John W. Snyder, U.S. Secretary of Treasury; Robert A. Lovett, U.S. Secretary of Defense. Standing (L to R): Walter S. Gifford, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain; General Omar N. Bradley; Sir Oliver Franks, British Ambassador to the U.S.; Lord Frederick Cherwell; Lord Hastings L. Ismay; W. Averell Harriman.

President Harry S. Truman stands on the rear platform of a train after dark. From Post-Presidential Papers, General Correspondence, Per- Perkins.

President Harry S Truman (front right) greets Mexican President Aleman (front left) while on a state visit to Mexico City. A crowd of people looks on, including a group of musicians with a large marimba. From Post-Presidential Papers, General Correspondence, Mexico.

Former President Harry S. Truman is pictured with an unidentified man next to an airplane. From Post-Presidential Papers, General Correspondence, Mam-Manhz.

Lieutenant E.B. Kalber, a member of the 17th Combat Engineers, 2nd Armored Division (front right), reads the Presidential Citation to troops for building a bridge under fire across the Rhine River during World War II. President Harry S. Truman personally presented the citation while in Germany for the Potsdam Conference in 1945.  Platform (L to R): Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan; Major General Floyd L. Parks; Secretary of State James F. Byrnes; two unidentified military officers; President Truman; Admiral of the Fleet William D. Leahy.

President Harry S. Truman (smiling and standing at desk) announces the surrender of Japan at the conclusion of World War II to the media. First row, left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff; Secretary of State James F. Byrnes; President Truman; and Cordell Hull, Secretary of State under Franklin Roosevelt.

Meteorologists visit Former President Harry S. Truman at his office in the Federal Reserve Building. Truman spoke at a conference about Severe Local Storms in Kansas City in April 1957 and was visited afterwards by delegates from the conference. Truman joined the American Meteorological Society. Pictured (L to R) are: Kenneth C. Spengler, Executive Secretary of the American Meteorological Society; Howard T. Orville, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Weather Control; Truman; Robert D.

President Harry S. Truman signs the diary of his neighbor, Linda Choplin, on a snowy sidewalk outside of his home in Independence, MO. Both the photo and the diary were donated to the Harry S. Truman Library by Linda Choplin.