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President Harry S. Truman waves from the Blair House after returning here to Washington today from Florida where he spent two weeks. The President and his family will live in Blair House while repairs are being made on the White House. From: Houston Post.

Left to right: President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of State George C. Marshall; Paul G. Hoffman, Economic Cooperation Administrator; and W. Averell Harriman, Economic Cooperation Administration Roving Ambassador, discuss western European affairs and the Marshall Plan at a conference in the President's office today. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman poses for a new portrait after completing today's work in his White House office. He leaves tomorrow to spend Christmas at his home in Independence, Missouri. From: Houston Post.

President Truman shakes hands with Governor-elect Sidney McMath of Arkansas and Leslie L. Biffle, a native of Arkansas, when the President and other officials dropped in on the Arkansas Society State Meeting today in Washington, D.C. Left to Right; John Steelman, Assistant to the President; President Harry S. Truman; John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury; Governor-elect McMath; and Leslie L. Biffle, slated to become the Secretary of the Senate. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman smiles as he stands (full-length) outside the White House today as he leaves for the Capitol to deliver his State of the Union address before a Joint Session of Congress. Same as 69-656, only much better print. From: Houston Post.

Mrs. Bess Truman (left) and daughter Margaret Truman arrive at the Capitol today to hear the President's State of the Union message to Congress. Mrs. Truman wore a black outfit with a fur jacket and a hat trimmed in white. Margaret work a black cloth coat, a fur stole, and a black hat with a long tan feather. Same as 68-1248, but much better print. From: Houston Post.

President Truman receives from Sen. Scott Lucas (D-IL) a gold horseshoe from the Phoenix Horseshoe Company of Joliet, Illinois, during a White House ceremony today. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman standing in front of the Presidential train at Omaha, Nebraska with First Lady Bess Truman (right) and Margaret Truman (left). The tour is to continue westward across the nation. From: Houston Post.

Greeting an old friend, President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with former Senator Samuel D. Jackson (left), Chairman of the 1944 Democratic Convention. They are in Indianapolis, Indiana. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and former national Democratic Chairman James Farley exchange some informal political views on the platform of Lost Battalion Hall, Queens, where the President made his next to the last political talk in the metropolitan area before entraining from Grand Central Station for Independence, Missouri, where he will cast his vote next Tuesday. The President spent two whirlwind days in his windup of his campaign for election. From: Houston Post.