Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Harry S. Truman's first address to Congress.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at podium) announces the settlement of the rail strike to members of the House and the Senate. Seated behind Truman are Senator Walter F. George (left) and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman stands outside the Capitol after addressing a joint session of Congress. Front row (l-r): Secretary of State George C. Marshall; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; President Harry S. Truman. Second row (l-r): Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Attorney General Tom C. Clark; Press Secretary Charles Ross.

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Truman greet ladies in a receiving line at unidentified reception, probably in the Washington, D.C. area. President Truman is shaking hands with an unidentified woman who is an Army Technician, third class. There is an unidentified women standing beside the Trumans, second from left. Transferred from museum collection 10/2009.

Former president Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman attend a season opener baseball game at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City between the New York Yankees and the Athletics. Left to right, first row: Shirley Finley, Bess Truman, Harry Truman, and A's owner Charlie Finley. Local grocery store owner Lester Milgram (in glasses and hat) is directly behind Bess Truman. Transferred from museum collection, 10/2009. Back of photograph is stamped "Compliments of Lester Milgram."

Left to right: Chief Justice Earl Warren, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and former President Harry S. Truman at the Harry S. Truman Library for the dedication of the Dean Acheson bust.

Former President Harry S. Truman and Chief Justice Earl Warren smile as they chat that the Truman Library where the Dean Acheson bust will be dedicated.

At the dedication of a bust of Secretary of State Dean Acheson at the Harry S. Truman Library are left to right: Chief Justice Earl Warren, former President Harry S. Truman, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Oscar Chapman, and Sculptor Eleanor Platt.

President Harry S. Truman (right) eating lunch with John Steelman (left) on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida.

This is a small candid snapshot of Former President Harry S. Truman seated next to Jacqueline Kennedy during the Inaugural Anniversary Dinner for President Kennedy. People in the foreground are unidentified.