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Ecuadorian President, Galo Plaza address prominent newsmen at a luncheon held in his honor by the National Press Club. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Galo Plaza, President of Ecuador to the United States of America, June 20 to 29, 1951"

Former Vice-President John Nance Garner, left, and former President Harry S. Truman, right, as they faced reporters after Mr. Truman's arrival in Uvalde, Texas. They are at an airport. Mr. Truman is here attending the 90th birthday celebration of Mr. Garner which will be climaxed with a barbeque lunch. From: Houston Post.

Kansas City, MO. Former President Harry S. Truman receives a plaque from A. B. Crank, Kansas City Star photographer and president of the Kansas City Press Photographer's Association at a chili supper in Harry S. Truman's honor. The plaque was given in appreciation of Truman's consideration of photographers. The supper, was at a chili parlor that is a favorite eating place of Truman's (Dixon's). It marked the revival of the "One More, Please" club that was organized among photographers during Mr. Truman's administration. From: Houston Post.

New Haven, Connecticut. Former President Harry S. Truman (center) surrounded by newsmen, enters New Haven's historic green today as he walked through central New Haven. Truman is in the midst of a three-day stay at Yale University where he is participating in a series of informal discussions as a Chubb Fellow. From: Houston Post. From: Houston Post.

Washington, D. C. Former President Harry S. Truman holds a curbstone conference with three newsmen today outside the southwest gate to the White House as a policeman eyes the group from his gate post. Harry S. Truman paused at the spot during a two mile walk before breakfast. An arrow points to a sign which says "do not enter." The former chief executive has not visited the White House since President Eisenhower's 1953 inauguration. The Old Executive Office Building is in the background. In the group, third from the left, is Associated Press reporter Ernest Vaccaro. From: Houston Post.

A while back, New York visitor Harry S. Truman was taking his morning stroll down 49th Street and stopped by the "Today" studio window. A reporter was sent out to interview the former President. Harry S. Truman is but one of the many distinguished visitors who stop at "Today's" window to wave to the national TV audience. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman operates a movie camera during a picture-taking session on the south grounds of the White House today. The subjects were members of the White House News Photographers Association (the "One More Club"), who presented a movie and still camera to the Chief Executive during a brief ceremony. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman presents the annual $500 Clapper Memorial Award for outstanding Washington reporting to Nat Finney, correspondent for Minneapolis Star and Tribune and Des Moines Register, at the 25th annual dinner of the White House Correspondents Association. Also in photo is Earnest B. Vaccaro (left) and Felix Belair, Jr. (right). From: Houston Post.

Annual dinner of the National Press Club at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C. President Harry S. Truman is the guest, seated on back row of long banquet table. This is a general view of the banquet room. Original is oversized photo; it is filed in oversize photo file.

Harry S. Truman beams as he holds a box of breakfast pastries presented to him by a passing truck driver near the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City as he was taking his early morning walk today. From: Houston Post.