Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Harry S. Truman tips his hat at military personnel assembled presenting colors. He is at the Little House in Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negatives.

The Presidential motorcade in Key West, Florida. President Harry S. Truman is partially obscured in the open car. He is vacationing at the Little White House. Admiral William Leahy is seated at left in the car. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negatives.

President Harry S. Truman's motorcade in Key West, Florida. The President will stay at the Little White House during his visit. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negatives.

President Harry S. Truman (back seat, left) sits in the car during the Presidential motorcade as he arrives in Key West, Florida. Also seated in the back of the car are Captain Cecil Adell (center, in white uniform), and Admiral William Leahy. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negatives

This portrait of President Harry S. Truman painted by Greta Kempton depicts him as the Grand Master of the Masonic state Lodge of Missouri, in 1940.

This photograph of a political cartoon depicts President Harry S. Truman (behind the podium) speaks with several media microphones in front of him. The ghosts of former presidents watch over him: (from left to right, top row to bottom) Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Jackson. Clifford Berryman created this political cartoon which appeared in the Evening Star on April 15, 1945. This political cartoon is in the museum collection of the Truman Library.

In this political cartoon by Jim Barstow, President Harry S. Truman (left) sits in the Oval Office and promises to prosecute the war to its successful conclusion. The ghost of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (right) looms above Truman, showing that his fighting spirit carries on. This cartoon was published on April 13, 1945. This cartoon is in the museum collection of the Truman Library.

President Harry S. Truman (center) packs his suitcase for his trip to Germany in July of 1945 to deal with postwar Europe. Alongside this task, he faced the resignation Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. (left) as well as Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts (right). Karl Kae Knecht created this political cartoon for the Evansville, Indiana Courier and appeared on July 6, 1945. The original drawing of this cartoon is in the museum collection of the Truman Library.

Abraham Baum (left) presents former President Harry S. Truman (right) in his office at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum with two needlework reproductions of Masonic paintings. The work on the left depicts President George Washington as a Mason. The one of the left is a reproduction of the painting "Symbols of Masonry."

The United States delegation to the United Nations signs the charter at the meeting in San Francisco, California. President Harry S. Truman (second from left) looks on as Secretary of State Edward Stettinius Jr. (third from left) signs the document. The flags of countries around the world circle the room. Others on the right are unidentified.