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Former President Harry S. Truman (left) points out objects in a case to an unidentified man and woman at the Harry S. Truman Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaks at a podium outside the Harry S. Truman Library during Harry S. Truman Appreciation Day. Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks is at right. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (right) walking through the train station upon their arrival in Kansas City, on their way back from Truman's Western trip. Between them in the background is Margaret Truman.

Former President Harry S. Truman's 75th Birthday was marked by 66 parties held in cities across the country. Sixteen of them were linked by closed circuit TV from New York City, where Mr. Truman was. This photo shows the Truman's longtime cook, Vietta Garr (left) and an unidentified African American lady in attendance.

Former President Harry S. Truman's brother, Vivian and sister, Mary Jane Truman attending one of his 66 75th birthday parties.

Former President Harry S. Truman (in light suit, center) with a group of unidentified students from the Greater Kansas City Tennis Patrons, standing around the globe in Mr. Truman's office at the Truman Library. The man on the far left is Richard Berkley (later Mayor of Kansas City). Man on the far right is George Michalson (later a lawyer for Middle West Motor Freight Bureau). All others are unidentified.

Left to right: W. Averell Harriman, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Earl Warren, and Harry S. Truman at a meeting of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute Board. They are in the Research Room of the Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right, partly obscured by car door) being moved from a wheelchair into his car upon his release from Research Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Truman had been in the hospital for 15 days. Others in photo are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman standing in front of the Harry S. Truman Library, with the replica of the Liberty Bell in the right foreground.

Mary Jo Mullen viewing the Buffalo Mantle from the White House in the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.