Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Former President Harry S. Truman speaking to school group in the auditorium of the Truman Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) speaking to school group in the auditorium of the Truman Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right, back to camera) speaking to school group in the auditorium of the Truman Library.

President Harry S. Truman (front left) and Vice President Alben Barkley (front center) on inaugural stand. Seated to the right of Vice President Barkley is General Harry Vaughan.

President Harry S. Truman (front left) and Vice President Alben Barkley (front right) on inaugural stand. Also pictured are General Omar Bradley (second row, left) and General Harry Vaughan (front row, far right).

From left to right, Margaret Truman, General Dwight Eisenhower, former President Harry S. Truman, Dr. Harold W. Dodds, former President Herbert Hoover at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Truman was given an honorary degree at the Bicentennial Commencement at Princeton.

Cartoon, entitled "I thought we killed that piano player!" by Newton Pratt, featuring a caricature of former President Harry S. Truman. The original cartoon is inscribed: "To Mr. Democrat with kind regards and best wishes Newton Pratt."

Cartoon, entitled "The voice of experience," by Newton Pratt, depicting former President Harry S. Truman, General Douglas MacArthur, and Senator Robert Taft.

Cartoon by Daniel R. Fitzpatrick, entitled "Senator Truman: Halt! Who goes there?", relating to Senator Harry S. Truman's defense investigating committee.

This photograph of a political cartoon depicts President Harry S. Truman (behind the podium) speaks with several media microphones in front of him. The ghosts of former presidents watch over him: (from left to right, top row to bottom) Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Jackson. Clifford Berryman created this political cartoon which appeared in the Evening Star on April 15, 1945. This political cartoon is in the museum collection of the Truman Library.