Charities
Fort Lewis' United Good Neighbors Campaign
Mrs. Truman with Muscular Dystrophy Poster Boy
First Lady Bess W. Truman (center) accepts a certificate from an unidentified man during her meeting with Michael Danna of South Ozone Park, New York (left), the 1952-1953 Muscular Dystrophy Poster Boy. Danna's visit marked the official opening of the Muscular Dystrophy Appeal Campaign. Danna holds in his lap a cocker spaniel named Buttons, Jr., his gift to the Trumans.
Mrs. Truman and Muscular Dystrophy Poster Boy
Mrs. Truman Meets Muscular Dystrophy Poster Boy
Bess Truman and Others at a Salvation Army Auxiliary Benefit at the Peruvian Embassy
Bess Truman and others at a Salvation Army Auxiliary Benefit at the Peruvian Embassy
Hannegan Passing Out Stamps to Patients
Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (leftmost standing in foreground) and Basil O'Connor (rightmost standing in foreground) pass out Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamps to polio patients at Warm Springs, Georgia. Standing on the far right in the background is Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall. All others are unidentified. The group gathered for a Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamp Ceremony outside Roosevelt's Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia.
Hannegan Passing Out Stamps to Patients
Hannegan Passing Stamps Out to Patients
A group of polio patients receive Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamps from Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (standing center foreground) at Warm Springs, Georgia. Standing to the left of Hannegan is Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall. Standing at right of Hannegan is Basil O'Connor, President of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. All others in photo are unidentified. The group gathered for a Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamp Ceremony outside Roosevelt's Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia.