Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Harry S. Truman seated at his desk in the Oval Office, preparing to push a button activating a new generator at Grand Coulee Dam, as unidentified members of Congress from a number of Western states look on.

President Harry S. Truman (sitting down) is pushing a button to start operation of a new generator at Grand Coulee Dam situated on the Columbia River in the state of Washington. He is shown at his desk in the Oval Office. Standing left to right: C. Girard Davidson, Assistant Secretary of the Interior; Julius A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior; and unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman with other Cabinet members at the airport, seeing Secretary of State Dean Acheson off to the Foreign Ministers Conference in Paris. From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, unidentified man, President Truman, unidentified man.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shaking hands with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right) at the airport in Washington, as Mrs. Alice Acheson looks on, just prior to Acheson's departure to attend a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers in Paris.

President Harry S. Truman (center) with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right) and his wife Alice Acheson (left) and other unidentified members of his family at the airport in Washington prior to Acheson's departure to attend a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers in Paris.

President Harry S. Truman and others review a parade during Army Day ceremonies. Seated in the front row are, from left to right: unidentified Navy officer, General Omar Bradley, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Truman, and two unidentified men. The man in the second row between Bradley and Johnson is General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

Members of the military participating in a parade commemorating Army Day pass in front of President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries in the presidential viewing stand. In the front row of the box, from left to right: two unidentified men, President Truman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (man not wearing a hat), General Omar Bradley, unidentified man. All others are unidentified.

A military band passes by the box of President Harry S. Truman during Army Day Ceremonies in Washington, D.C. Standing in the front row of the presidential box are, from left to right: unidentified Navy officer, General Omar Bradley, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Truman, and two unidentified men. All others are unidentified.

Members of the military marching in the Army Day parade pass in front of the presidential viewing stand. Standing in the front row of the presidential box are, from left to right: unidentified Navy officer, General Omar Bradley, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Truman, and two unidentified men. All others are unidentified.

A group of female soldiers marching in a parade commemorating Army Day passes in front of the presidential viewing box. Standing in the front row of the presidential box are, from left to right: unidentified Navy officer, General Omar Bradley, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Truman, and two unidentified men. All others are unidentified.