Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Harry S. Truman (center group, front) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (center group, center) at Arlington National Cemetery, attending funeral services for former United States Army Private Leslie Coffelt of the White House Police Force, who was killed while protecting President Truman from an assassination attempt on November 1. Walking behind President and Mrs. Truman are (left to right) General Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan, and physician General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.

Jazz musician and composer Duke Ellington, right, and President Harry S. Truman compare musical notes at the White House. Mr. Ellington gave the president the original score of parts of the "Harlem Suite," a part of "Portrait of New York Suite," which he wrote under commission from Arturo Toscanini.

President Harry S. Truman, third from right, decorated the White House Police and Secret Service agents who prevented his assassination at Blair House on November 1, 1950. Left to right: Wounded policemen Private Joseph H. Downs and Private Donald Birdzell; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, whose department has jurisdiction over the White House Police and Secret Service; Cressie Coffelt, widow of the slain policeman Leslie Coffelt; Private Joseph O. Davidson; President Truman; and two Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Vincent P. Mroz.

President Harry S. Truman, left, is shown with cane in hand while on a morning stroll. He is accompanied by his secret service detail. The Washington Memorial is in view behind them. This photograph is believed to have been taken the day after the assassination attempt on him while he was staying at Blair House. Others in view are not identified.

President Harry S. Truman (center, right) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (center, left) attend the funeral services for White House Police Force guard and former U.S. Army draftee Leslie Coffelt at Arlington National Cemetery. Coffelt was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, 1950. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from the podium at the dedication of Friendship International Airport in Maryland. The presidential seal is in view. Sent to the president from Richard W. Warrow, Chairman of the Dedication Committee for Friendship International Airport, Glenn L. Martin Company.

Captain Harry S. Truman poses in front a German 420 gun at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, after the Armistice in World War I. From: Truman house, album of 35th Division clippings and snapshots.

Harry S. Truman and the 129th Field Artillery stand in front of the Muehlebach Hotel during the November 1921 Armistice parade in Kansas City, Missouri. Truman is in uniform, on the far side of the street, behind the man in the suit.