Stadiums

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) greets Dr. Luis Vilaseca during his visit to the Truman Library. In the background are Dr. Wallace Stacey and Misako Kyobashi and Yoko Tsuno, two Rotary Club foreign exchange students.

President Harry S. Truman is shown performing the coin toss at a football game between the Quantico Marines and Virginia Polytechnic Institute played in Alexandria, Virginia at the high school football stadium. Press Secretary Charlie Ross is seated in first row on far left. From a leather bound album of 55 8 x 10 photos of President Truman's visit to the Marine Corps Training Base. Gift of Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Major General, U. S. Marine Corps, Commandant, Marine Corps Schools.

Philadelphia football stadium during the Army-Navy game in 1945. This is a view from the stands from an end zone. From a leather bound album photo of the Trumans' attending the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia. Gift of Walter Annenberg.

This photo shows the lineup of some of the equipment and men, in addition to spectators lining the stadium and on top of buildings in order to see. The grandstand was filled to capacity. This photo was made during a visit of Army officers and enlisted men from Washington, D. C, and Ft. Lewis led by Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh, Aide to the Under Secretary of War, to an Anaconda Copper Mining Company. This was a visit to war production facilities.