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President Harry S. Truman (left, waving) and General Harry Vaughan (right, back to camera) are attending an event and visiting with members of the American Legion. Men in the background are unidentified. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Friends and Family."

President Harry S. Truman (left) with his mother, Martha Ellen Truman (right), on the porch of her home in Grandview, Missouri. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman (right) is receiving a poppy from Margaret Ann Forde of Eaton Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of a disabled veteran. The "buddy poppy" fundraising drive is sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman (seated at center table to the right of the flower arrangement) is attending a picnic with a group of unidentified people. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman is holding a snowball and preparing to throw it during a visit to Washington State. He is standing next to a car outside a building. Other men in the background are unidentified. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family, and Friends."

From left to right, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Margaret Truman are standing in front of their home in Independence, Missouri. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

From left to right, Independence, Missouri Mayor Roger Sermon, J. Vivian Truman, Press Secretary Charles Ross (slightly in the background), Margaret Truman, and President Harry Truman at Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas, on President Truman's first trip home after becoming President. All other people are unidentified. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman (seated) is receiving a haircut from Frank Spina in the President's office in the Federal Courthouse on his twenty-sixth wedding anniversary. Spina has been the President's barber for the past twenty-eight years. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) after decorating him with the Distinguished Service Medal. Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower (left) and a cheering crowd observe. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman is seated at a desk before a microphone announcing the end of World War II in Europe. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."