Abbie Rowe

The motorcade carrying President Harry S. Truman and President Galo Plaza of Ecuador passes bystanders along the streets of Washington, D.C. President Truman and President Plaza are in the second car.

Motorcycles leading the welcoming parade for President Galo Plaza of Ecuador approach the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

A review stand is constructed in preparation for the visit of President Galo Plaza of Ecuador to the United States.

A review stand is constructed in preparation of the visit of President Plaza of Ecuador to the United States.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's Cabinet participate in welcoming ceremonies for President Galo Plaza of Ecuador at Washington National Airport. Standing in line, from left to right: Vice President Alben Barkley, Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley, Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of Defense George Marshall, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Attorney General J.

President Harry S. Truman (center, foreground) at the White House receiving a piano from the Piano Manufacturers Association. The piano was constructed from materials furnished by many member states of the United Nations in honor of National Music Week. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center, light hat) reviews the troops with President Galo Plaza of Ecuador (center, right) at ceremonies welcoming President Plaza to the United States at Washington National Airport. All others are unidentified.

A banner over a street in Washington, D.C. welcomes President Galo Plaza of Ecuador to the United States.

President Harry S. Truman (center, foreground) at the White House receiving a piano from the Piano Manufacturers Association. The piano was constructed from materials furnished by many member states of the United Nations in honor of National Music Week. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman stands with Korean War veterans after presenting each of them the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Oval Office at the White House. From left to right: Senator Earle Clements of Kentucky (partly obscured); Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska; Governor Lawrence Wetherby of Kentucky; First Lieutenant Carl Dodd, Kenvir, Kentucky; President Truman; Sergeant John A. Pittman, Carrolton, Mississippi; Master Sergeant Ernest R. Kouma, Dwight, Nebraska; and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall. Others in the background are unidentified.