Portraits

Portrait of Bess Wallace Truman as a young woman which Harry S. Truman carried with him to France during World War I. Original photograph is on the desk in President Truman's working office at the Truman Library.

Formal portrait of Harry S. Truman at about the age of 24. He is seated in a chair wearing a suit. This was taken at the same time as photo 79-21. Same as photos 62-401-2, 62-702, and 77-3953. From: Truman house

Bess Wallace in the back yard of her family's home, 219 North Delaware St., Independence, Missouri. From a series of photos taken near and around the home of Joseph Tilford Noland, 216 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri.

Portrait of Senator Harry S. Truman. Same as 66-1632.

Portrait of Edwin M. Martin which was used in his oral History interview. During the Truman Administration, was Chief, Division of Japanese and Korean Economic Affairs, Department of State, 1945-47; Chief, Division of Occupied Area Economic Affairs, 1947-48; Deputy Director, Office of International Trade Policy, 1948-49; Director, Office of European Regional Affairs, 1949-52; and Special Assistant to Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs, 1952-53.

Joseph A. Fox, newspaper reporter from 1913 to 1956. Worked for the Washington Evening Star, March 1924-August 1956. He was the Star's White House correspondent from April 1943 to February 1954 and its national correspondent, 1954-56. Served in the Information Service of the Department of Commerce, 1957-67.

Dr. Robinson Newcomb, Director of construction research, War Production Board, 1940-45; Director, Office of Economic Research, Federal Works Agency, 1945-47; Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1947-50; Economist, Office of the Secretary of Commerce, 1950-51; Economist, Office of Defense Management, 1951-53; and Consultant and Technical Adviser on Highways, Committee for Economic Development, 1947-55.

Portrait of Paul R. Porter, used in the 1980 Conference, "The Conduct of Foreign Policy during the Truman Administration." Mr. Porter was Deputy Chief, then Chief, Mission for Economic Affairs, American Embassy, London, 1945-47, Chief, U. S. delegate, Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland, 1947-49; Chief, Economic Cooperation Administration Mission to Greece, 1949-50; Assistant Administrator, Economic Cooperation Administration, 1950-51; U. S. Special Representative in Europe, Marshall Plan, 1951; Deputy, U. S.

Marx Leva, counsel to the fiscal director of the Navy, 1946; Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, 1947; Special Assistant and General Counsel to the Secretary of Defense, 1947-49; and Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1949-51.

William Wear, Sr., Springfield, Missouri, attorney; friend and political supporter of Harry S. Truman; son of Sam M. Wear who was a longtime friend and political organizer for Senator Truman.