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Gentry, Sue, 1905-2004

Truman posing with reporters at the railroad station in Independence, Missouri

At the Missouri Pacific train station in Independence, Missouri, former President Harry S. Truman poses with newspersons from the Independence and Kansas City area. Standing: Bill Straeter, J. W. (Bud) Porter, President Truman, Hurley K. Burgess, Sue Gentry, Wes Lyle and Dick Corliss. Kneeling are Sammie Feeback and Randall Jessee. The occasion was a surprise birthday party for the former President given by local reporters and photographers as he and Mrs. Truman prepared to depart for New York and Washington to attend a series of 75th birthday celebrations. Includes an original negative.

Truman posing with reporters

At the Missouri Pacific train station in Independence, Missouri, former President Harry S. Truman poses with newspersons from the Independence and Kansas City area. Standing: Bill Straeter, J. W. (Bud) Porter, President Truman, Hurley K. Burgess, Sue Gentry, Wes Lyle and Dick Corliss. Kneeling are Sammie Feeback and Randall Jessee. The occasion was a surprise birthday party for the former President given by local reporters and photographers as he and Mrs. Truman prepared to depart for New York and Washington to attend a series of 75th birthday celebrations. Includes an original negative.

Former President Harry S. Truman with Reporters and Photographers

Former President Harry S. Truman poses at the Missouri Pacific train station in Independence, Missouri with journalists from the Independence and Kansas City area. Standing, left to right: Bill Straeter, J. W. (Bud) Porter, former President Truman, Hurley K. Burgess (Railway Express Managers and friend of Mr. Truman), Sue Gentry, Wes Lyle, and Dick Corliss. Kneeling, Sammy Feeback and Randall Jessee. The occasion was a surprise birthday party for the former President given by local reporters and photographers as he and Mrs. Truman prepared to depart for New York and Washington, D. C.

Head table at the Laurel Club luncheon

Head table at the Laurel Club luncheon attended by members of the Society of American Archivists and others at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints building. From Left to right: Sue Gentry, Richard S. Kirkendall, Viva (Mrs. P.H.) Bahmer, W. Howard Adams, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, Ted Brown, former President Harry S. Truman, Mary (Mrs. J. Roger) De Witt, and Robert H. Bahmer, and W. Wallace Smith.

Laurel Club luncheon

Head table at the Laurel Club luncheon attended by members of the Society of American Archivists and others at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints building. From left to right: Sue Gentry, Richard S. Kirkendall, Viva (Mrs. P.H.) Bahmer, W. Howard Adams, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, W. Wallace Smith (speaking), former President Harry S. Truman, Mary (Mrs. J. Roger) De Witt, and Robert H. Bahmer.

Head table at Laurel Club luncheon

Head table at the Laurel Club luncheon attended by members of the Society of American Archivists and others at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints building. From Left to right: Sue Gentry, Richard S. Kirkendall, Viva (Mrs. P.H.) Bahmer, W. Howard Adams, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, W. Wallace Smith (speaking), former President Harry S. Truman, Mary (Mrs. J. Roger) De Witt, and Robert H. Bahmer.

Harry S. Truman Statue Committee

Harry S. Truman Statue Committee. Seated on the left side of the table and moving clockwise are: Mary Shaw Branton, Hazel Graham, Sue Gentry, Gilbert Franklin (sculptor), Harry Jonas, Randall Jessee, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Dr. Benedict Zobrist, and unidentified. from: Copied from photographs loaned to the Library by Mary Shaw Branton.