Crowds

President Harry S. Truman signs a document while standing in a diffuse group of unidentified people.

Statue of Simon Bolivar unveiled at its dedication in Bolivar, Missouri. President Harry S. Truman (second from left, in front of navy officer), Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (to right of podium), and Margaret Truman (near front corner of grandstand) are on the stand.

Statue of Simon Bolivar unveiled at its dedication in Bolivar, Missouri. President Harry S. Truman (second from left, in front of navy officer), Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (to right of podium), and Margaret Truman (near front corner of grandstand) are on the stand.

A group of unidentified people near the Truman home in Independence, Missouri.

A shot of the grandstand at the dedication of the statue of Simon Bolivar in Bolivar, Missouri. This event was attended by President Harry S. Truman and President Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela (not pictured).

A shot of the crowd attending the dedication of the statue of Simon Bolivar in Bolivar, Missouri. This event was attended by President Harry S. Truman and Romulo Gallegos, President of Venezuela (not pictured).

A shot of the crowd attending the dedication of the statue of Simon Bolivar in Bolivar, Missouri. This event was attended by President Harry S. Truman and Romulo Gallegos, President of Venezuela (not pictured).

President Harry S. Truman (lower right corner) with a crowd near his home in Independence, Missouri. Also with him are former Independence Mayor Roger Sermon (behind Truman, holding hat) and Tom Evans (extreme right, next to Sermon).

Crowds gathered in President Harry S. Truman's hometown of Independence, Missouri, to await the outcome of the 1948 election. All are unidentified.

Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh stands at the podium addressing workers at Lockheed Plant Number 1, Los Angeles, California, during a visit to airplane factories in Southern California, on Nov. 3, 1941, by a group of Air Corps officers from March Field, Riverside California, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.