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Former President Harry S. Truman, with two Los Angeles city detectives, leads newsmen on a walk on the deck of the S. S. President Cleveland. The ship stopped in Los Angeles harbor enroute to Hawaii where the former President, Bess Truman and daughter, Margaret, will vacation. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

Former President Harry S. Truman greets reporters outside his home before starting on his regular morning walk. (Same as 70-1161 except not airbrushed). Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

President Harry S. Truman (lower left, on rostrum) addresses a labor rally at the Milwaukee Arena. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society.

President Harry S. Truman addresses members of the CIO Political Action Committee in the White House Rose Garden. Behind him on the porch are: (left to right) CIO President Phil Murray; Allan S. Haywood, CIO Executive Vice President; Roger Tubby (rear), Assistant White House Press Secretary; and David J. McDonald, Secretary-Treasurer CIO-PAC. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society.

President Harry S. Truman drops his ballot in the box as he votes in the seventh precinct of Blue Township in the Missouri Primary Election. His brother-in-law, George A. Wallace, a Democratic judge, watches. (Same as 70-1131 except not airbrushed.) Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio (right, seated in third row from floor) sits with his hand to his mouth as he hears President Harry S. Truman (at rostrum, extreme left) denounce the Taft-Hartley Act and ask congress to quickly give him power to seize and operate the struck steel industry. Seated in the same row as Senator Taft are from left: Joseph McCarthy (Wisconsin), Richard Nixon (California) and Andrew Schoeppel (Kansas). Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

President Harry S. Truman speaking at an electric consumers meeting in Washington. He displayed a magazine advertisement he condemned as power monopolies propaganda to frighten, threaten and confuse the people. (Similar to 69-579 except not airbrushed) Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

President Harry S. Truman throws out he first ball in the game between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox. Left to right in the front row: Vice President Alben Barkley, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, President Truman and (three men at extreme right) Clark Griffith, Washington Team President; Stanley "Bucky" Harris, Washington Manager, and Lou Boudreau, Boston Manager. Directly behind Mr. Vinson is Admiral Sidney Souers. Next on right are Major General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide, and Major General Robert Landry, Air Force Aide.

President Harry S. Truman delivered his State of the Union address to a Joint Session of Congress, meeting in the House Chamber. Seated behind the President are Vice President Alben W. Barkley (left) and House Speaker Sam Rayburn (right). Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

President Harry S. Truman delivers his State of the Union message to a joint session of Congress. Prime Minister Winston Churchill (upper left-center) holds a text of the speech as he sits in the front row of the balcony. Seated directly in front of the President are members of his cabinet. From left: Labor Secretary Maurice J. Tobin, Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer, Agriculture Secretary Charles Brannan, Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Defense Secretary Robert Lovett, Treasury Secretary John W.