Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Former President Harry S. Truman in his private office at the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman speaking from the podium at the dedication of Friendship (now Baltimore-Washington) International Airport in Baltimore, Maryland. From: Mr. Richard W. Darrow, Chairman, Dedication Committee, Friendship International Airport, the Glenn T. Martin Company, Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel, presents a Torah, or Holy Scroll, to President Truman during a visit to the White House. Donor: Rabbi Phillip S. Bernstein.

President Harry S. Truman with David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister, and H. E. Abba Eban, Ambassador, of Israel. President Truman is receiving a gift of a menorah.

Heading from the Blair House to the White House are Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, President Harry S. Truman, and Defense Secretary Louis Johnson.

Return of President Harry S. Truman and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley to Washington, D.C. after the Presidential election. Seated in back, left to right: President Truman, J. Howard McGrath, and Vice President-elect Barkley. Seated in front, left to right: Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt (daughter of Alben Barkley).

Return of President Harry S. Truman from whistlestop tour during Presidential campaign. President Truman is seated on left in back. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (back seat, left) in the back of an automobile, upon his return to Washington, D.C. from a campaign trip. Others in the car are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) returns from a whistlestop tour during the presidential campaign. He is joined by his wife, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (third from the right), daughter Margaret (second from the right), and two unidentified men. They are at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

Crowds of people at the train station in Sacramento, California to see President Harry S. Truman during his West Coast campaign trip, June 3-18, 1948. From the album "President Truman's trip to the West Coast of the U. S."