Acme Newspictures

Postmaster General and owner of the St. Louis Cardinals Robert E. Hannegan (right) and Sam Breadon, former owner of the St. Louis Cardinals, check over rosters for the Cardinals' minor league clubs.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (center) and sons, William (left) and Robert, Jr., listen to the World Series on a radio while at the Washington Redskins - Pittsburg Steelers football game.

Mrs. Irma P. Hannegan (left) and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (second from left) vote in the basement of a house in the 1st Ward, 12th Precinct in St. Louis, Missouri. Women at right unidentified.

Mrs. Irma P. Hannegan (standing, left) and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (standing, right) vote in the basement of a house in the 1st Ward, 12th Precinct in St. Louis, Missouri. Others on left are unidentified.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (right) and Samuel T. Morse inspect a high-frequency radio transmitter, used to transmit a message from the Law Library of the Capitol Building to a speeding train en route to Washington, D.C.

Democratic wives attend oratory classes sponsored by the Democratic National Committee. Standing in front of the class are Mrs. Wilson Wyatt (right), wife of the Housing Administrator and Mrs. Paul Butler (behind Mrs. Wyatt), professional public speaking instructor. Front row (l-r): Mrs. Theron L. Caudle; Mrs. Olin D. Johnston; Mrs. Irma P. Hannegan, wife of Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert Hannegan; and Mrs. Leslie Biffle. All others are unidentified.

Truman for President buttons made their first appearance when Mrs. India Edwards, Associate Director of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) (left), sported two of them on her lapel when she attended President Harry S. Truman's (right) White House broadcast marking the admission of women into the Executive Committee of the DNC.

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman William Boyle (standing at podium) addressing the crowd at a DNC event. Also pictured: DNC Vice-Chairman India Edwards (seated behind table, left) and Senator Clinton Anderson (seated behind table, right). All other individuals are unidentified.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (left) shakes hands with United Air Lines pilot and original Air Mail flyer, E. Hamilton Lee, at the 25th anniversary of trans coastal Air Mail Service at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan and family arriving in Hawaii for vacation. Pictured (l-r): William Hannegan; Robert E. Hannegan; Patricia Hannegan; and Mrs. Irma P. Hannegan.