Ex-presidents

Color lithograph of the Thomas Hart Benton mural "Independence and the Opening of the West," which is in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library. This lithograph is in a folder which was given out at the 77th birthday celebration of HST on May 8, 1961. The lithograph has been signed by Harry S. Truman and Thomas H. Benton. Original oversize lithograph is in oversize file. See also 2007-242. Reproduction of images of works by Thomas Hart Benton must be approved by VAGA.

Color portrait showing former President Truman seated before a curtain in the Blair House, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The photo has been signed "Kindest regards to Tom Gavin, Harry S. Truman 8/19/64".

Former President Harry S. Truman is shown with President John F. Kennedy during a dinner in Washington, D. C. celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Truman Committee (Senator Truman's Committee to Investigate the National Defense).

Snapshot of former President Truman seated with a pillow behind his head during a flight aboard a plane.

Mr. and Mrs. Truman are shown in the living room of the Independence home on the occasion of his 84th birthday. This is the same picture as 68-791.

Mr. Truman greets John A. (Jack) Smith at his home in Independence. This is the same picture as 68-794 except it is in color.

President Lyndon B. Johnson chose the Harry S. Truman Library as the site for the signing of the Medicare Act in order to honor former President Harry S. Truman, who he dubbed the father of the Medicare concept. Dignitaries who attended the ceremony are shown on the auditorium stage. Left to right: Unidentified man (back to camera), Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Bess Truman, Harry S. Truman. This print is a wonderful 11 X 14 black and white photo.

Portrait of former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman aboard the S.S. President Cleveland on their trip to Hawaii. This is a nice full length pose of both of them. From: George Killion.

Harry S. Truman is shown smiling as he drives into his home. An unknown young lady stands beside the car receiving a dollar bill from Mr. Truman. Mr. Truman has written on the front of this photo, "Dollar day in Independence as I returned from office. Taken at SW corner of yard as I turned in the alley. HST" He is driving his new Dodge Custom Royal Lancer.

Former President Harry S. Truman and M. R. Evans, together with an unidentified woman, gaze at a painting during a luncheon at a bank where Mr. Evans is Vice-President in Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Truman was Evan's commanding officer in Battery D during World War I. See also 93-363 for another photo from this same trip.