Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Harry S. Truman received from President Chaim Weizmann of Israel a silver ark to hold the Scrolls of Law which Dr. Weizmann presented to President Truman earlier this year. The presentation was made by Eliahu Elath, Ambassador of Israel, in the name of Dr. Weizmann. Similar to 65-2243.

President Harry S. Truman accepting a gift from Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (seated) and Ambassador H.E. Abba Eban of Israel.

Margaret Truman prepares to break a champagne bottle on the bow of the USS Missouri to christen it during a ceremony at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. From left to right: Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly, Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, Senator Harry S. Truman (partially obscured), and Margaret Truman.

The Truman Family attends christening and launching ceremonies of the battleship USS Missouri at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. From left to right, Senator Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman (with a bouquet of flowers), Bess Truman, and Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy.

Chairman Karl T. Compton (second from left) gives President Harry S. Truman (seated) the Report of the President's Advisory Commission on Universal Training at the White House as other members of the commission look on. L to R: (standing) The Rev. Edmund Walsh, Vice-President of Georgetown Univ. in Washington; Chairman Compton, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Judge Samuel Rosenman, former special counsel to the President; Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, Industrial Relations Consultant; Truman K. Gibson, Jr., Lawyer; and Dr. Daniel Poling, editor of Christian Herald.

President Harry S. Truman reviewing the troops of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a Japanese American Regiment.

Harry S. Truman as a young man in the clothing store he and Eddie Jacobson owned. The name of the store was the Truman and Jacobson Haberdashery, located at l2th and Baltimore (104 West 12th) Kansas City, Missouri The store was opened in l919 and it failed in 1921. L to R: Harry Truman, Francis Berry, Mike Flynn, and Kelsey Cravens. This photograph was donated from the files of the Kansas City Star, but they did not originate the photograph.

First meeting of the Commission on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of Government, popularly known as the Hoover Commission. Front Row, left to right: George H. Mead, former President Herbert Hoover, President Harry S. Truman, Joseph P. Kennedy, and Senator John L. McClellan. Back Row, left to right: Clarence Brown, James V. Forrestal, Arthur Flemming, Dean Acheson, James Rowe, and Representative Carter Manasco. Same as 59-1365-1.

Former President Herbert Hoover, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Basil O'Connor, former President Harry S. Truman, and Charles Halleck at the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and former President Herbert Hoover (right) seated at a desk in the museum area of the Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. This photo was taken during the dedication ceremonies for the library.