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President Harry S. Truman speaking before the National Democratic Women's Club in Washington. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

President Harry S. Truman leaving the Summer White House to deliver Christmas presents to his relatives and friends. This is a very good full-length photograph of President Truman holding packages on the front walk of his home in Independence. Donor: New York Heald Tribune

Photo of the 1945 Christmas greeting card sent by President and Mrs. Harry S. Truman. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

President Harry S. Truman speaks at the Grand Banquet of the Shriner's Diamond Jubilee Convention in Chicago. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

President Harry S. Truman officially opened the 1947 baseball season in Washington, D.C. The President crossed up the stadium announcer by throwing the ball right-handed after he was introduced as the "Nation's Number One Southpaw." Left to right are: President Truman, Clark Griffith (owner of the Washington Senators), Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Ossie Bluege (Manager of the Washington Senators) and Stanley "Bucky" Harris (Manager of the New York Yankees). Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society.

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (right) welcomes newly-appointed U. S. Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman to Paris on September 26. Harriman went to Paris from London where he previously acted as U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes signs protocol proclaiming the Charter of the United Nations on World Security a law of the nations. The original United Nations Charter, signed by fifty-one nations, was drawn up at the conference in San Francisco last April. From: Beth Gore

President Truman rehearses the foreign policy speech which was broadcast and telecast from his White House Oval Office on this day. In it, he called on Russia to join in a "foolproof" system of reducing the world's staggering burden of armaments - including the Atom Bomb. This is similar to 92-303-1 and 92-303-2.

Ladies of the Senate today held their first business meeting of the year, with Mrs. Alben Barkley becoming president of the group. She succeeds the late Mrs. Allen J. Ellender, wife of the Louisiana Senator. Shown Left to Right: Mrs. William F. Knowland, wife of Senator from California, Mrs. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire, Mrs. Alben W. Barkley, and Mrs. Millard E. Tydings of Maryland. From: Beth Gore.

Members of the Council of Economic Advisors take the oath of office in the President's office at the White House. Left to right are: Leon H. Keyserling; Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman; John Davidson Clark; President Harry S. Truman; and Judge Bennett Champ Clark, who performed the ceremonies. (Similar to 99-1378 and 59-1157)