Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

The soft brim of President Harry S. Truman's hat turns up in the stiff wind at Washington Airport as he awaited the arrival of Secretary of State Dean Acheson from Lisbon. From: Houston Post

Former President Harry S. Truman at the Truman farm and home in Grandview, Missouri. Taken from the album, "Mr. Citizen."

Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Wallace Truman stand on the front porch of their home at 219 N. Delaware Ave in Independence, Missouri. [This photograph from Bradley Smith, Inc., was copied by permission of the National Park Service, Harry S. Truman Historic Site.]

President Harry S. Truman, wearing a Shrine fez presented to him by Imperial Shrine Potentate William Woodfield of San Francisco, California, holds a sign that Mr. Woodfield also presented. The sign is triangular and has "Yes," "No," and "Scram," each written on one of the three sides. Mr. Truman is displaying the side that says "Scram."

Senator Harry S. Truman (right) on a deer hunting trip in Pennsylvania with former Senator F. Ryan Duffy (left) of Wisconsin.

President Harry S. Truman bows his head in prayer during the benediction after the cornerstone laying ceremony for the District of Columbia Courthouse.

Front row, left to right: President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, former President Dwight Eisenhower, and former President Harry S. Truman attend the funeral of Sam Rayburn, longtime Congressman from Texas. Others in the background are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from left) in a four-way handshake with (left to right) Jacob Arvey, Honorary Co-Chairman of the "All-Chicago Committee for the Truman Library" and Democratic National Committeeman from Illinois; Elmer Gertz, President of the Decalogue Society; and Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. The event was the Decalogue Society of Lawyers Twentieth Annual Patriotic Dinner held at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, at which President Truman was awarded the Decalogue Society of Lawyers Award of Merit for the year 1954.

Photo of members of the Decalogue Society of Lawyers attending their Twentieth Annual Patriotic Dinner held at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, where former President Harry S. Truman is to be awarded the Decalogue Society of Lawyers Award of Merit for the year 1954. President Truman can be seen at the center of the long table, drinking a glass of water. Next to him is Elmer Gertz, President of the Society. (See also 2003-308)

Black-and-white portrait of Harry S. Truman. Similar to 58-630 except more background is visible.