Presidents

President Harry S. Truman throwing out the first pitch to start the season of the Washington Senators. L to R: Vice President Alben Barkley, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Truman, manager of the Washington Senators Bucky Harris, Senators owner Clark Griffith, New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel. Standing in the next row are Major General Harry Vaughan (extreme left); Averell Harriman (behind President Truman); and Matthew Connelly (behind Bucky Harris).

Members of the Truman and Wallace families seated for dinner at the White House, Christmas, 1952. From left to right, around the table: Mrs. Fred (Christine) Wallace, Fred Wallace, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Mrs. George (May) Wallace, George Wallace, Mrs. Frank (Natalie) Wallace, Frank Wallace, Mary Jane Truman, President Harry S. Truman, David Wallace, Marian Wallace, Margo Wallace. The servant standing in the background is unidentified. Donor: Mrs. George (Natalie) Wallace

Birthday cake presented to President Harry S. Truman (center) by members of the National Citizens Committee for United Nations Day. The cake is to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the United Nations. The cake is made from a recipe of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman's that is in the United Nations cookbook, sponsored by the Committee.

President Harry S. Truman is receiving a report from the Committee on Civil Rights from Charles Wilson. Standing, from left to right: Roland B. Gittelsohn, Dr. Sadie T. Alexander, James B. Carey, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Dorothy Rogers Tilly, Channing H. Tobias, Charles Wilson, Boris Shishkin, Charles Luckman, and Francis P. Matthews.

President Harry S. Truman on the right is leaning over towards former President Herbert Hoover on the left. This photo was taken during the first meeting of the Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of Government, also known as the Hoover Commission.

President Harry S. Truman addressing the nation over the radio for the annual Community Chest Drive.

President Harry S. Truman with the managers of the State Press and Publishers Associations, who are working with the President's Conference on Highway Safety. Front row, left to right: Thomas H. MacDonald, Chairman, Coordinating Committee, President's Highway Safety Conference; President Truman; Major General Philip B. Fleming, General Chairman, President's Highway Safety Conference. The rest of the men are unidentified.

This is the first meeting of the Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of Government, also known as the Hoover Commission. Standing, left to right: Representative Clarence J. Brown, James V. Forrestal, Arthur S. Flemming, James K. Pollock, Dean G. Acheson, James H. Rowe, and Representative Carter Manasco. Seated, from left to right: George Mead, former President Herbert Hoover, President Harry S. Truman, Joseph P. Kennedy, and Senator John F. McClellan. Same as 58-337 but less cropped.

The Committee on World Food Crisis meeting with President Harry S. Truman. Seated, left to right: Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, President Truman, and Charles Luckman, Chairman of the Citizens Food Committee. Standing, left to right: Robert Lovett, Norris E. Dodd, and John Steelman.

President Harry S. Truman is waving his hat as he returned to Washington today after a 20 day trip to Brazil. The Chief Executive was tanned and appeared rested as he stepped from the presidential yacht Williamsburg at the Washington Gun Factory.