Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Senator and Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman listens to the 1944 presidential election results on the radio at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Pictured (left to right): sister Mary Jane Truman; Senator Truman; brother J. Vivian Truman; Mrs. Bess Truman (seated); Margaret Truman; and niece Martha Ann Truman.

From left to right in backseat of car, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vice-President-elect Harry S. Truman, and Vice-President Henry A. Wallace in a car at Union Station in Washington, D.C. All others unidentified.

From left to right, Harold Baer, Alex Rose, and Dean Alfange watch as Senator Harry S. Truman (seated) accepts the Vice-Presidential nomination of the Liberal Party of New York.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) receives a gift from French Ambassador Henri Bonnet (second from right) presented on behalf of French President Vincent Auriol. The gift consisted of a musical clock and pair of candelabra, presented on the occasion of the renovation of the White House. First Lady Bess W. Truman (left) and Madame Helle Bonnet (right) look on.

President Harry S. Truman (center) looks on as Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) administers the oath of office to W. Averell Harriman (left) as the first Director of the Mutual Security Agency in an Oval Office ceremony. Also present are John Steelman (background, right), and Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer (background, second from right). All others are unidentified.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (seated, left)shakes hands with an unidentified man at a dinner for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at the Hotel Astor in New York City. Also pictured (left to right): Irving Geist; Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan; unidentified.

Vice-President-elect Harry S. Truman steps off a plane after landing in Washington, D.C.

Senator and Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman (center) has breakfast at the Connor Hotel in Joplin, Missouri with Senator Tom Connally (left) and Senator Carl Hatch (right).

President Harry S. Truman (center) and Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (center right) are followed by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (directly behind Princess Elizabeth) during a review of troops at Washington National Airport. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (center) approach the platform for a presentation of gifts ceremony at the White House. They are followed by First Lady Bess W. Truman and Prince Philip. Others are unidentified.