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Truman celebrates 21st anniversary of March of Dimes at Truman Library

Former President Harry S. Truman helps handicapped youngsters blow out the candles of a birthday cake marking the 21st anniversary of the March of Dimes. The ceremony took place at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Mo., on Jan. 21, 1959. The children are Danny Foster, 7 (left, sitting); John Campbell, 15 (left, standing), both of Kansas City, and Terry Sartwell, 9, of Independence. The photo is autographed as follows: Harry S. Truman 1-21-59. Donor: C.R.

Truman celebrates 21st anniversary of March of Dimes

Former President Harry S. Truman helps handicapped youngsters blow out the candles of a birthday cake marking the 21st anniversary of the March of Dimes. The ceremony took place at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. The children are Danny Foster, 7 (left, sitting), John Campbell, 15 (left, standing), both of Kansas City, and Terry Sartwell, 9, of Independence. The photo is autographed as follows: Harry S. Truman 1-21-59. From: C.R. Huston, Chairman, Jackson County Chapter of the National Foundation, Inc., 1959 March of Dimes, 925 McGee Street, Kansas City, Missouri

Cyrus Eaton and Former President Harry S. Truman at a Press Conference

Former President Harry S. Truman (seated before fireplace, right) came to Cleveland, Ohio, to attend a fund-raising dinner for the library that is to hold the former President's official papers. He is shown at a press conference with his host, financier Cyrus Eaton (on Truman's right), in the Greenbriar Suite in the Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio. Others in the room are unidentified. (See 2005-84 and 85 and 70-952.) From: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio

Cyrus Eaton and Former President Harry S. Truman

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) came to Cleveland, Ohio, to attend a fund-raising dinner for the library that is to hold the former President's official papers. He is shown at a press conference with his host, financier Cyrus Eaton (left), in the Greenbriar Suite in the Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio. From: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio

Cyrus Eaton and Former President Harry S. Truman

Former President Harry S. Truman (at table, right) came to Cleveland, Ohio, to attend a fund-raising dinner for the library that is to hold the former President's official papers. He is shown at a press conference with his host, financier Cyrus Eaton (left), in the Greenbriar Suite in the Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio. From: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio