Christmas

Photo of the East Room with Christmas tree. From an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House, prior to the renovation in 1949.

President Harry S. Truman carrying Christmas packages while at home in Independence, Missouri. He is on his way to visit his mother in Grandview, Missouri.

Christmas party for the staff of the Harry S. Truman Library. From left to right: Betty Shank, Helen Luckey, Margaret Sanders, and Bessie Taylor.

Christmas party for the staff of the Harry S. Truman Library. From left to right: Betty Shank, Helen Luckey, Margaret Sanders, and Bessie Taylor.

Harry S. Truman Library staff at Christmas party with former President Harry S. Truman. Standing are Helen Luckey and Margaret Sanders. Seated to Mr. Truman's left is Rose Conway.

Harry S. Truman Library staff at Christmas party with former President Harry S. Truman. Standing is Bessie Taylor. Seated to Mr. Truman's left is Rose Conway.

Harry S. Truman Library staff at Christmas party with former President Harry S. Truman. Standing is Bessie Taylor. Seated to Mr. Truman's left is Rose Conway, his private secretary.

President Harry S. Truman sitting at a desk in his Independence, Missouri home while reading an address in connection with the lighting of the National Community Christmas Tree on the White House grounds.

From left to right, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman at the Christmas tree lighting ceremonies at the White House. They are standing in the doorway of the White House.

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman on the front steps of their home at 219 N. Delaware sometime between December 23-28, 1949.