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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Harry S. Truman Receives a Gift While in Cuba

President Harry S. Truman, seated on the back of the open car, receives a scrapbook from twelve year old William Barrett, son of Chief Pharmacist's Mate P.W. Barrett of the United States Navy, while Admiral William Leahy (front seat) looks on. Young Barrett presented the scrapbook to the President on behalf of his schoolmates during the President's visit to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman with Representatives of West New York, New Jersey

President Harry S. Truman accepts a gold card making him an honorary member of the Golden Jubilee Anniversary Committee of West New York, New Jersey. From left to right; Executive Secretary of the Golden Jubilee Committee Harry J. Swensen; Mayor Wilbur J. McGowan; General Executive of the Committee and former mayor of West New York, Joseph Stilz; President Truman; Representative Edward J. Hart; and public relations department head George Rosenberg.

Attendees of the National Democratic Club Meeting

Informal photo of attendees of the National Democratic Club meeting. The meeting was at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. This is a group shot of Former President Harry S. Truman (back to camera), and left to right: Missouri Senator Stuart Symington; Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, and California Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.