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President Harry S. Truman (second from the right) receives a bust of Simon Bolivar from Venezuelan officials, including Dr. Don Francisco Alvarez-Chacin, Arturo Briceno, and Dr. M. A. Placon-Briceno.

President Harry S. Truman speaks at the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony.

Lt. Col. Lewis Jackson (left) and Senator Olin Johnston (right) present President Harry S. Truman (center) with a turkey.

The Council of Economic Advisors working on the President's Midyear Economic Report in the Cabinet Room of the White House. [L to R]: Charles S. Murphy, Administrative Assistant to the President; David E. Bell, Special Assistant in the White House Office; Leon H. Keyserling, Vice Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors; Robert C. Turner, consultant on the White House staff; Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors; and John D. Clark, member of the Council. Same as photo 73-3208.

President Harry S. Truman confers with the Reconversion Advisory Board on the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. From left to right, front row: John Snyder, Anna M. Rosenberg, President Truman, Eric A. Johnston, Albert Goss. Back row, left to right: Edward P. Felker, T.C. Cashen, Edward A. O'Neal, Chester Davis, and Nathaniel Dyke, Jr.

President Harry S. Truman gives his radio address announcing victory in Europe over the Germans.

Two unidentified men talking in a White House office. The man seated at the desk is possibly William Mays, White House doorkeeper.

Photograph of the Oval Office fireplace with the portraits of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Simon Bolivar (painting by Tito Salas), and George Washington on the walls.

North Portico of the White House. Photograph taken from across Pennsylvania Avenue.

Unidentified man in the background, sitting at a desk in the White House.