La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947

President Harry S. Truman (front left) going into the New York City Hall with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (right) during the celebration of Navy Day. George Drescher, Chief of the White House Secret Service, to the left. Major General Harry Vaughan is the third person behind La Guardia on the stairs. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center of the window) stands in a window at City Hall in New York City, with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (left of President Truman) while serenaded by a choir of Midshipmen. The plaque below him commemorates the fact that George Washington had stood near that spot while the Declaration of Independence was read to the Continental Army. President Truman is in New York to attend Navy Day. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (center) is piped aboard the USS Missouri on Navy Day in New York Harbor. Behind him are, from left to right, Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary, New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, and Admiral William D. Leahy (partly obscured). The sailors in the foreground are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (seated behind the desk) signs the visitor's log aboard the USS Missouri during the Navy Day celebration in New York City, New York. Standing behind the President are, from left to right, Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, Captain Stuart S. Murray, Mr. Grover Whalen, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (partially obscured), and Commodore James K. Vardaman, Jr. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (front left) going into the New York City Hall with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (right) during the celebration of Navy Day. George Drescher, Chief of the White House Secret Service, to the left. Major General Harry Vaughan is the third person behind La Guardia on the stairs. All others are unidentified.