Presidential residences

One of the rooms in the Little White House at Babelsberg, where President Harry S. Truman stayed during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

L to R: General Harry Vaughan; Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin; Charles Bohlen, interpreter for President Truman; V. N. Pavlov, interpreter for Stalin; Captain James K. Vardaman (mostly obscured by Truman); President Harry S. Truman; Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko; Press Secretary Charles Ross; Secretary of State James Byrnes; Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. They are attending the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (left) watches President Harry S. Truman cut a special Presidential cake baked by Master Sergeant Benedict A. Tamal. Major John E. Lennox watches. The cake presentation was held at the Little White House, President Truman's residence during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945

View of the bedroom in the Little White House in Babelsburg, Germany, President Harry S. Truman's residence during the Potsdam Conference. On the bed is a regular Army issue blanket. From Potsdam Album, 1945.

Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin meets President Harry S. Truman for the first time at the Little White House during the Potsdam Conference. The Little White House is the residence of President Truman during the conference. Front row, from left to right: Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet foreign minister; Secretary of State James Byrnes; President Harry S. Truman; and Prime Minister Josef Stalin. Back row, left to right: Charles Bohlen, assistant to Mr. Byrnes; Admiral William D. Leahy; and V. N. Pavlov, Russian interpreter.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) on the steps of the "Little White House," the residence of President Truman during the Potsdam Conference. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, album number 1."

Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) leaves the "Little White House" at 1:00 P.M., after conferring with President Harry S. Truman (left) for two hours. The Little White House is President Truman's residence during the Potsdam Conference. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, album number 1."

Fleet Admiral William Leahy (foreground, left) greets Prime Minister Winston Churchill (foreground, right) at the entrance to the "Little White House," President Truman's residence during the Potsdam Conference, as the Prime Minister calls on the President for the first time. In the background are (left to right) General Harry Vaughan, Mary Churchill, the daughter of Winston Churchill, and Prime Minister Churchill's bodyguard. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, album number 1."

View of the Harry S. Truman birthplace and monument in Lamar, Missouri, close up on sign.

View of the Harry S. Truman birthplace and monument, in Lamar Missouri.