Birthdays

Harry S. Truman Library staff and Mr. Truman's personal staff greet former President Harry S. Truman (seventh from the right) on his 79th birthday at the Harry S. Truman Library. From left to right: unidentified guard; Phil Lagerquist; Milton Perry; Willie L. Harriford; Frances Schlichenmaier; Harry Clark; Cathy Butters; three unidentified people; Mr. Truman; Eugene Bailey; three unidentified people; Library Director Dr. Philip Brooks.

Harry S. Truman Library staff and Mr. Truman's personal staff greet former President Harry S. Truman (seventh from the right) on his 79th birthday at the Harry S. Truman Library. From left to right: unidentified guard; Phil Lagerquist; Willie Harriford (partly obscured); Milton Perry; Frances Schlichenmaier; Elizabeth Costin; Cathy Butters; three unidentified people; Mr. Truman; Gene Bailey (background); two unidentified women; unidentified man; Library Director Dr. Philip Brooks; unidentified man.

Harry S. Truman Library staff and Mr. Truman's personal staff greet former President Harry S. Truman (seventh from the right) on his 79th birthday at the Harry S. Truman Library. From left to right: unidentified guard; Phil Lagerquist; Willie L. Harriford; Milton Perry; Harry Clark; Frances Schlichenmaier; Elizabeth Costin; Cathy Butters; three unidentified people; Mr. Truman; Eugene Bailey; three unidentified people; Library Director Dr. Philip Brooks.

The birthday cake presented to former President Harry S. Truman on his 79th birthday by the staff of the Truman Library and Mr. Truman's personal staff. The cake is in the shape of the state of Missouri with decorations which include the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, an American flag, a piano player, and a capitol building.

Harry S. Truman Library staff and Mr. Truman's personal staff greet former President Harry S. Truman (seventh from the right) on his 79th birthday at the Harry S. Truman Library. From left to right: Phil Lagerquist; Milton Perry (partly obscured); Frances Schlichenmaier; Harry Clark; five unidentified people; Mr. Truman; two unidentified women; Gene Bailey (partly obscured); unidentified man; Library Director Dr. Philip Brooks.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left, from behind) shakes hands with Library Director Dr. Philip Brooks (right) during a party on his 79th birthday at the Harry S. Truman Library. The woman on the far left is unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman stands behind the birthday cake presented to him at the Harry S. Truman Library on his 79th birthday. The staff of the Truman Library and Mr. Truman's personal staff presented the cake to him.

A foreign exchange student, Takeko Watanabe of Japan, greets former President Harry S. Truman (left) at a luncheon honoring his 79th birthday at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Also present at the luncheon is former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (seated, third from the left, wearing glasses). Others in the background are unidentified.

A female foreign student (right, unidentified) greets former President Harry S. Truman (left, at edge of photograph) at a luncheon honoring his 79th birthday at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Seated in the background with glasses is former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. Others in the background are unidentified.

A foreign exchange student, Klaus J. Wenzel of Germany, greets former President Harry S. Truman (left) at a luncheon honoring his 79th birthday at the Muehlebach Hotel. Others in the background are unidentified.