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Former President Truman plays the piano for President and Mrs. Kennedy and guests

Former President Harry S. Truman plays the piano for President and Mrs. Kennedy and their dinner guests assembled in the White House East Room. The White House released this picture. Pianist Eugene List, who gave an after-dinner recital, stands at right. Visible in the front row, from left are: Mrs. Bess Truman, President John F. Kennedy, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, partly hidden, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Same as 68-1026 and 93-384, but a better and clearer photo than either.

Bess Truman and others attend the fifth anniversary party of the Women's Army Corps in Washington, D.C

Bess Truman, wife of the President, and Col. Mary Hallaren (right), WAC Director, smile as Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers (R-Mass) (center) cuts the fifth birthday cake of the Women's Army Corps. Members of the corps (rear), who requested that Rep. Rogers cut the cake, look on at the anniversary party in Washington, D.C. From: Truman Home.

Margaret Truman and James Stewart Rehearse for NBC's Screen Director's Playhouse in "Jackpot"

Margaret Truman and James Stewart rehearse, in Hollywood, California, for their April 26th radio performance on Screen Director's Playhouse in "Jackpot." It will be her first appearance in a straight dramatic role, with no singing. She will play Stewart's wife and the mother of two children. (See also 2009-1628.) From: Truman Home, from scrapbook on Margaret Truman that was transferred to the manuscript collection.

President Harry S. Truman with Chicago Daily Tribune Headline of "Dewey Defeats Truman"

President Harry S. Truman displaying the Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman". This event happened in St. Louis, Missouri, at the train station. Traveling with the President, Byron Rollins of the Associated Press lumbered to the back of the train, shot two pictures, unloaded them with an AP stringer, lumbered back to his car, and hit his berth with absolutely no thought of anything special except his first sleep in 20 hours.

President Harry S. Truman, Bess and Margaret Truman, and members of the Cabinet pose on the White House lawn

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and members of the Cabinet pause on the White House lawn before leaving for the Capitol to attend a joint session of Congress. Left to right are: Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal, Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Secretary of Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, and Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach. The photo is autographed by each person.

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman pose with film stars in the East Room of the White House

Film stars in Washington, D.C., to take part in Roosevelt Birthday Ball activities, pose in the East Room of the White House with President Harry S. Truman and members of his family. In the front row are (left to right): Ilene Woods, Diana Lynn, Margaret Truman, Margaret O'Brian, President Truman, Bess Truman, Constance Moore, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Eileen Barton. In the back row are (left to right): Jo Stafford, Eleanor Lambert, Angela Lansbury, Helen Sioussat, Eddie Bracken, Paul Henreid, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith, Cesar Romero, Lucy Munroe, William Bendix, Reginald Gardner, Sgt.

Pauley Confers with Senators during Senate Naval Affairs Committee Hearing

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (center), President Harry S. Truman's nominee for Undersecretary of the Navy who was up for confirmation before the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, confers with committee members Senator Sheridan Downey (Democrat from California) on the left, and Senator Owen Brewster (Republican from Maine) on the right, as a halt is called in the hearing on Pauley's fitness for the Navy post.

Truman gavels in the Senate

Vice President Harry S. Truman (standing) raises the gavel to call the Senate into session for the first time since taking over his new office. Seated around the rostrum are Wall Doxey, Sergeant at Arms; Edward J. Hickey, Journal clerk; Charles L. Watkins, Parliamentarian; John C. Crockett, Chief Clerk and reading clerk; and Emery Frazier, Legislative Clerk.