Vernon Galloway

Newsmen congregate outside the Truman home in Independence, Missouri.

Autograph seekers throng bandleader Phil Harris.

President Harry S. Truman (center, without hat, back to camera) with a group of newsmen and soldiers. An unidentified soldier and General Harry Vaughan (second from left) are talking to Truman. Others in photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (front, left), Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (second row, left), and Margaret Truman (second row, right) descending the stairs of the Memorial Building in Independence, Missouri. Others are unidentified.

Truman family ascending the steps of Memorial Hall in Independence, Missouri. Mrs. Bess Truman is leading the way, followed by President Harry S. Truman. Margaret behind President Truman. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman with the Board of Directors of the Independence Junior Chamber of Commerce. From left to right: Cedric Siegfried, Al Huff, Richard Harbin, President Truman, George Hare, Dixon Kepley, Paul Snyder, Petey Childers.

A group of men congregated outside of the Truman home. None of them are identified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) stands with a group of unidentified people across from the junior high school in Independence, Missouri. Press Secretary Charles Ross (left, next to Truman) stands near the car.

President Harry S. Truman signs a document while standing in a diffuse group of unidentified people.

President Harry S. Truman (left, standing) shakes hands with an unidentified man at a banquet.