Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Harry S. Truman (far left) rings a miniature train bell next to Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (on the right side of the bell). Other people in this picture are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (far right) is shown giving a speech dedicating the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt on Navy Day. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (far left) stands in salute along with New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (center) and Admiral William D. Leahy (in front of Mayor La Guardia) on Navy Day in New York City.

President Harry S. Truman (center of the window) stands in a window at City Hall 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 Harry S. Truman (seen waving from the first car) waves to a crowd while he is driven down Broadway in New York City on Navy Day.

President Harry S. Truman (first row, right side) is seated next to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (second from the right on the first row) on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri on Navy Day in New York Harbor. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (top of the stairs) and Commodore James K. Vardaman (left of President Harry S. Truman) follow Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (bottom of stairs) after a luncheon on the U.S.S. Missouri on Navy Day. Other people shown in the picture are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (to the right of Truman), talking to New York Governor Thomas Dewey (left) on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri on Navy Day. Other people in the photograph are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated behind the desk) is shown signing the visitor's log aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. 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 LaGuardia (partially obscured), and Commodore James K. Vardaman, Jr.

President Harry S. Truman (far left), Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (second from left), and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (third from left) read a plaque aboard the U.S.S. Missouri where the signing of the Japanese treaty took place. Truman was on board the U.S.S. Missouri during Navy Day celebrations.