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Color Group Photo of President Harry S. Truman and Staff

Group photo, in color, of President Harry S. Truman's staff taken indoors at the Little White House, Key West, Florida. (See 77-3276; Original autographed photograph is in the museum collection.) Left to right (front row) are General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William D. Leahy, President Harry S. Truman, John R. Steelman and Matthew Connelly. Left to right (standing) are Dr. Wallace H. Graham, Stanley Woodward, Eben A. Ayers, Robert B. Landry, Robert Dennison, Clark M. Clifford, and William D. Hassett. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives.

President Harry S. Truman at City Hall, New York City, Navy Day

President Harry S. Truman (center of the window) stands in a window at City Hall in New York City, with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (left of President Truman) while serenaded by a choir of Midshipmen. The plaque below him commemorates the fact that George Washington had stood near that spot while the Declaration of Independence was read to the Continental Army. President Truman is in New York to attend Navy Day. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman Reading the Surrender Plaque on Navy Day

President Harry S. Truman (far left), Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (second from left), and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (third from left) read a plaque aboard the USS Missouri marking where the signing of the surrender of Japan took place. Truman was on board the USS Missouri during Navy Day celebrations in New York City, New York. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman and Navy Day Celebrations

President Harry S. Truman (farthest right) watches an aerial display from the deck of the destroyer Renshaw during Navy Day celebrations in New York City, New York. Behind the President are President Truman's Naval Aide, Commodore James K. Vardaman (left), and Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (center), Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.