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President Harry S. Truman (left) opens a package he received on his birthday. Others present include John Snyder (second from left) and Commodore James K. Vardaman (second from right). The other man is unidentified. President Truman's birthday cake is on the table in the foreground, and Mr. Vardaman and the unidentified man are holding slices of cake on plates.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with a unidentified dignitary (right) at the White House. Also present is John Snyder (second from left) and Captain James K. Vardaman (second from right, mostly obscured). In the foreground is President Truman's birthday cake.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) opens packages with unidentified men around him at his 61st birthday party hosted at the White House. Also present is Captain James K. Vardaman (left).

President Harry S. Truman (left) offers a slice of birthday cake to two kittens sent to him at the White House as a present for his 61st birthday. General Harry Vaughan holds the cats while Commodore James Vardaman holds the crate the cats arrived in.

Air Force photo of Donald S. Dawson.

Portrait of Colonel Frank N. Roberts.

Census Bureau officials and the Secretary of Commerce meet with President Harry S. Truman to deliver the results of the 1950 population census. Seated, left to right: President Truman, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer. Standing, left to right: Dr. Roy V. Peel, Director of the Census Bureau and Dr. A. Ross Eckler, Deputy Director of the Census.

Portrait of 35th Division President, Senator Bennett Champ Clark. Donor: Mrs. Ralph Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (left) receives a 900-year-old vase from Dr. E. W. Chang, head of the Coseoul Normal College of Korea (right). The vase is a gift to the American People. Dr. Chang visited the United States as the head of a Korean mission to study American educational methods.

This is a photograph of an unidentified woman.