Societies

Hadassah Club of Kansas City, Missouri, with former President Harry S. Truman, in front of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.

Hadassah Club of Kansas City, Missouri, with former President Harry S. Truman, in front of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.

Hadassah Club of Kansas City, Missouri, with former President Harry S. Truman, in front of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.

Photograph taken on June 30, 1921 at Swope Park, Kansas City, Missouri during an outing of the Triangle Club. This organization is believed to have been some type of merchant's organization. Back row left to right: Harry S. Truman; Emil Speck, Cooper-Speck Co. Men's Furnishings, 929 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Mo. (Home: 635 West 58th Street Terrace, K.C.MO); Harry 0. Crosby, clerk, Harbison Manufacturing Company Agricultural implements and Supplies, 1001 Mulberry Street, K.C.MO. (Home: 5118 Indiana K.C. MO).

Senator Harry S. Truman (second from the right), General Marlin Craig, Senator Carl A. Hatch, and Senator Alva B. Adams, playing organ at annual outing and crop mowing of Alfalfa Club, at Prospect Hall, Frederick, Maryland.

President Harry S. Truman accepts Henrietta Szold Award for distinguished humanitarian service from the National Hadassah organization. From left to right: Mrs. Samuel Rosensohn, New York Chairman of the Hadassah Medical Organization; Mrs. Rose Halprin, President of the National Hadassah; President Truman; Mrs. Raphael Tourover, Hadassah Washington Representative; and Mrs. Hannah Goldberg of New York, Hadassah National Secretary.

Identified as Catholic Church affiliated Knights of Columbus Secretary Henry Wolfe shown handing out what appears to be cigarettes to two men. The man on the far right is wearing what is probably a World War I uniform and is holding an American flag. An American Legion event/gathering is being held in Paris, France at this time. Mr. Wolfe is wearing a Knights of Columbus armband. This photograph is part of a group associated with the Knights of Columbus activities taking place in Paris during this American Legion event. The date is believed to be fall, 1927.

Group of unidentified men are shown leaving with "21 sacks of mail, mostly postcards stamped with 'K.C.' [Knights of Columbus], one days delivery. The Comptroller of the post directing the postal force, Paris, 1927." This photograph is a part of others associated with the Knights of Columbus activities taking place during the American Legion gathering in Paris at this time. The date is believed to be fall, 1927.

View includes Catholic Church affiliated Knights of Columbus auxiliary member Mrs. Henry Wolfe greeting and handing out cigarettes to an unidentified man. He is probably a World War I veteran and is attending an American Legion event being held in France at the time. Mrs. Wolfe is wearing a Knights of Columbus armband. This photograph is part of a group associated with the Knights of Columbus activities taking place in Paris during this American Legion event. The date is believed to be fall, 1927.

A group of men, some probably World War I veterans, are shown visiting Suresnes Cemetery near Paris, France. An American Legion gathering is going on in Paris at this time. Many American soldiers who died during World War I are buried in this cemetery and the grave crosses are visible in the background. One of the men on the right has a Knights of Columbus arm band on and is handing out literature. This photograph is part of a group associated with the Knights of Columbus activities taking place in Paris during this American Legion event. The date is believed to be fall, 1927.