African American youth

In a joke being played on Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly and Press Secretary Charles Ross upon their arrival at Key West, Florida, African-American girls from the Douglas School and a marching band lead them to the Little White House. They are in Key West to join President Harry S. Truman and his party on vacation. All are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman (fourth from right) stands with a group of unidentified choir boys and Reverend Edmond C. Walsh (in black) while visiting Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska.

President Harry S. Truman (third from left) shakes hands with Eddie Dunn, the student mayor of Boys Town, Nebraska, while Reverend Edmond Walsh (left), looks on. Standing in the background between President Truman and Mr. Dunn in Charles Ross, Mr. Truman's Press Secretary. Others are unidentified.

A large group of unidentified boys are holding signs as they welcome President Harry S. Truman to Boys Town, Nebraska.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) holds a certificate during his visit to Boys Town, Nebraska. He is with Eddie Dunn, the student mayor of Boys Town (second from right) Reverend Edmond Walsh, the Acting Director of Boys Town (right), and Pat Norton (left). Standing in the background on the right is President Truman's Press Secretary, Charles Ross. All others are unidentified.

A large group of unidentified boys are holding signs as they welcome President Harry S. Truman to Boys Town, Nebraska.

Charles S. Murphy, Civil Aeronautics Board Chairman (1965-1968), is shown on the right shaking hands with a young African American man. Murphy, as a member of the General Administration Board of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School, was in attendance at this youth event they sponsored, possibly scholarship related. The young man on the left is unidentified. Exact location not given, probably a Washington, D.C. area Department of Agriculture office.

Girls from the Negro Douglas school join an impromptu parade for secretaries Matthew Connelly and Charles Ross on the way to visit President Harry S. Truman at the Little White House, Key West, Florida. (Same as 74-339.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

In a joke being played on Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly and Press Secretary Charles Ross upon their arrival at Key West, Florida, African-American baton twirlers and a marching band lead them to the Little White House. They are in Key West to join President Harry S. Truman and his party on vacation. Mr. Ross can be seen on the far left, behind the band, wearing a bow tie. On the extreme right, from right to left, are Stanley Woodward, General Harry Vaughan, Margaret Truman, and General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.

Boy Scouts help to load boxes of clothing collected by the Washington Committee for Korean Relief into a truck on the Washington Monument grounds. All people unidentified.