Presidents

Close-up of President Harry S. Truman looking through a camera getting ready to take a picture. The President was given this camera by the White House News Photographers Association, and he is taking a photo of the White House press corps gathered on the South Lawn of the White House.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) with President Harry S. Truman (center). President Truman and General Eisenhower are presenting a silver tray and a scroll to retiring Secretary of War Robert Patterson (right).

President Harry S. Truman (left) shaking hands with Gus Cook (center) and Leslie Biffle (right).

President Harry S. Truman (in white suit) getting his photograph taken by the American Legion Boys Forum members in the Rose Garden at the White House. Standing to the left of President Truman is "Boy President" of the Boys Forum, Chinese-American Edmond Gong.

President Harry S. Truman signing a proclamation making August 1st Army Air Force Day. L-R: General James H. Doolittle (seated), President of the Air Force Association; Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (standing), Deputy Commander Army Air Force; President Truman (seated); Major General Lauris Norstad (standing), Director of Plans and Operations, War Department, General Staff; W. Stuart Symington (seated), Assistant Secretary of War for Air.

President Harry S. Truman (center in white suit) receiving a scroll and other items from the officers and crew of the submarine U-2513, proclaiming him a qualified submariner. President Truman and other members of his party visited the submarine while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing behind President Truman on the left is Admiral William Leahy. Also in the photo is Presidential Press Secretary Charles Ross (last row, in dark suit, next to naval officer) and Charles Steelman (next to Mr. Ross). All others in the photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman with the Freshman Democratic Congressmen. From left to right: Charles B. Deane (North Carolina), Joe L. Evins (Tennessee), President Truman, Monroe M. Reddon (North Carolina), James C. Davis (Georgia). Second row, left to right: Wingate Lucas(Texas), John F. Kennedy (Massachusetts), John Bell Williams (Mississippi), Laurie C. Battle (Alabama). Third row, left to right: W.J. Bryan Dorn (South Carolina), Robert E. Jones (Alabama), John A. Blatnik (Minnesota). Fourth row, left to right: Omar Burleson (Texas), and Harold D. Donohue (Massachusetts).

President Harry S. Truman leaving the submarine U-2513, after receiving a plaque certifying him as a qualified submariner. This event occurred while President Truman was on vacation in Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman (center in white suit) receiving a scroll and other items from the officers and crew of the submarine U-2513, proclaiming him a qualified submariner. President Truman and other members of his party visited the submarine while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing behind President Truman on the left is Admiral William Leahy. Also in the photo is Presidential Press Secretary Charles Ross (last row, in dark suit, next to naval officer) and Charles Steelman (next to Mr. Ross). All others in the photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) with Congressman Francis E. Walter (left) and Ray Sawyer (right), National Commander of American Veterans of World War II. President Truman signed the AMVETS of World War II bill, granting them a government charter.