Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Senator Harry S. Truman inspects items at Camp Crowder, Missouri as Major General Walter E. Prosser looks on. Donor: Walter E. Prosser.

President Harry S. Truman and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt shaking hands. Event unknown.

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

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) walking down the hallway of the Harry S. Truman Library with Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks (right) and reporter Sue Gentry.

Former President Harry S. Truman poses at the Missouri Pacific train station in Independence, Missouri with journalists from the Independence and Kansas City area. Standing, left to right: Bill Straeter, J. W. (Bud) Porter, former President Truman, Hurley K. Burgess (Railway Express Managers and friend of Mr. Truman), Sue Gentry, Wes Lyle, and Dick Corliss. Kneeling, Sammy Feeback and Randall Jessee. The occasion was a surprise birthday party for the former President given by local reporters and photographers as he and Mrs. Truman prepared to depart for New York and Washington, D. C.

President Harry S. Truman (center, lower right) wandering into the large crowd and shaking a woman's hand at a railroad station.

Posed shot of Truman and others near a train at the Independence, Missouri station, apparently around the time of his western trip.

Posed shot of Truman and others near a train at the Independence, Missouri station.

Truman (left foreground) on rear of a train platform speaking to a gathered crowd during western trip, probably in Nebraska.

Naval aide Captain Robert L. Dennison shakes hands with a man as President Harry S. Truman stands in the left foreground. This was taken during President Truman's western trip, probably Omaha, Nebraska.