Former President Harry S. Truman smiles as he points to a beam from the White House which cracked from the weight of daughter Margaret's piano. Such deterioration led to renovation of the presidential mansion. The beam is now in the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. From: Houston Post.
New York, New York. Full-length photo of former President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Truman and their daughter, Margaret (right), are shown at the United Nations on their way to pay a visit to Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the world organization. Earlier in the day, Mr. Truman told reporters the American Legion went "haywire" for urging Congress to withdraw U.S. support for UNESCO.
President Harry S. Truman and Vice-President Alben Barkley raised their clasped hands in a victory gesture as they meet at Union Station in Washington, D. C. Senator J. Howard McGrath, Democratic National Chairman, is in center background. From: Houston Post.