Brewster, Owen, 1888-1961

Senator Harry S. Truman (center), Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, with his colleagues on the Senate War Investigating Committee in Washington, D. C., following a meeting at which he tendered his resignation as chairman. Left to right: Senator Homer Ferguson, Senator Harold Burton, Senator Truman, Senator Tom Connally, and Senator Owen Brewster. Similar to 66-2706.

Senator Harry S. Truman and others inspecting Brewster plant for the Truman Committee. From left to right: G. F. Chapline, Vice President of Brewster Aircraft; Ralph O. Brewster, Senator from Maine; Harry S. Truman, Senator from Missouri; Harley M. Kilgore, Senator from West Virginia; Hugh Fulton, Counsel for the Truman Committee.

Senator Harry S. Truman and others at a meeting of the Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program (the Truman Committee). From left to right: Senator James Mead; Charles Patrick Clark, Acting Committee Attorney; Jesse Jones, witness from Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Senator Harry S. Truman; Senator Ralph O. Brewster; Senator Joseph Ball; Senator Gerald Nye, visitor. People identified in Truman's own handwriting below photo. Original autographed photo transferred to museum collection.

Harry S. Truman is shown in 1942 at a session of the United State Senate's special committee to investigate the national defense program, of which he was chairman. Pictured from left to right at the counsel table are James M. Mead, Senator from New York; Charles Patrick Clark, associate Chief Counsel; Senator Truman; and Owen Brewster, Senator from Maine.

Senator Harry S. Truman (center), Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, is meeting with his colleagues on the Senate War Investigating Committee in Washington, D. C., following a meeting at which he tendered his resignation as chairman. Left to right: Senator Homer Ferguson, Senator Harold Burton, Senator Truman, Senator Tom Connally, and Senator Owen Brewster. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.