George Skadding

Edward McKim (right) watches as Edwin Pauley (left) signs a paper. Others in the background are unidentified.

Edward McKim is sworn in under oath as an Administrative Aide to President Harry S. Truman. From left to right: Edward McKim, Stuart Symington, President Harry S. Truman, and an unidentified man.

Edward McKim kisses the Bible after he is sworn in as an Administrative Aide to President Harry S. Truman. From left to right: unidentified, Edward McKim, Stuart Symington, President Harry S. Truman, unidentified, Matthew Connelly and Major General Harry Vaughan.

General James H. Doolittle presents the report of the President's Airport Commission to President Harry S. Truman. Standing, left to right: Mr. Charles F. Horne, General Robert Landry, and Paul Johnston, Seated: Dr. Jerome Hunsaker, President Harry S. Truman, and General James Doolittle. This photograph appeared in the June 1952 issue of LIFE Magazine.

President Harry S. Truman is standing in a boat while on a fishing trip in Puget Sound, Washington. From left to right: George Drescher, Secret Service; Nick Bez; President Truman; Governor Mon Wallgren; and Costa Lazzaretti. From the album "Mr. President, His Family, and Friends" in Life magazine.

President Harry S. Truman, far right, holds his first presidential news conference from the Oval Office of the White House. All other people are unidentified. This photo is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman (seated center in dark shirt with white collar) is shown during a press conference in the north garden of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. This press conference took place during President Truman's ninth vacation visit to Key West. Standing directly behind Truman in the bamboo print shirt is Charles S. Murphy, Administrative Assistant to President Truman and later Special Counsel to the President. To the left of Murphy wearing a long sleeve print shirt is John Steelman, Truman's Assistant to the President. To the right of Murphy is Joseph Feeney.

President Harry S. Truman (right) talks with his friend, James Pendergast (left), while others crowd around them. This photograph was taken during the President's trip home to Independence, MO.

Two adopted granddaughters of Charles G. Ross, were at the train when President Harry S. Truman's train made a brief stop in St. Louis, Missouri. A smiling Mr. Truman is shown with Ross as he holds the babies. From: Charles Ross Papers, 12x18 Metal Album.

President Truman holding a copy of the Wall Street Journal on the rear platform of a train in Grand Forks, North Dakota, during the 1952 Presidential campaign.