Businessmen

An unidentified man and Stuart A. Rice (at right). Information with photo: "The Business Advisory Council was formed during the Truman Administration with government representatives and outstanding business men representing such groups as the National Association of Manufacturers, Retail Trade Association, Comptroller's Institute, etc. They met, and continue to do so, once a month in 'business/working' sessions and once a year a special dinner to which wives are invited from around the country, and the Director of the Budget is guest of honor and speaker. The President of the U.S.

Stuart A. Rice describes this snapshot: "A New York Merchant (Retail) under L on 1st Ave. about 11th or 12th. He has not yet acquired his own pushcart, but carries his stock of goods (garlics) over his shoulder."

People buying from street merchant in an unidentified location. This snapshot was located near other photos taken in New York City.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and his friend Tom Evans (Kansas City businessman) with a shovel at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking Ceremony. It was held in Slover Park in Independence, Missouri.

Good quality color snapshot of Harry S. Truman (right) and Eddie Jacobson standing outside Jacobson store in Kansas City, Missouri. For same photo in black and white see 70-6113.

The Truman Committee investigating the national defense met at the Statler Hotel in Detroit, Michigan, before going to the Willow Run Plant. They conferred with Union officials and Edsel Ford. Left to right: Senator Harry S. Truman, Edsel Ford, Senator Homer Ferguson, and Senator Monrad C. Wallgren. From: Purchased from eBay 6.2014 from Timothy F. Landis.

Tidewater Virginia Development Council looking at map of area. The Virginian Pilot newspaper caption: "TVDC vs. Tunnel". Clarence H. Osthagen is on the left. Others are unidentified.

Portrait photograph of an older Edwin A. Locke, Jr., President of the American Paper Institute. Donor: Vertical File, Research Room.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) awards Medals of Merit to Colonel John M. Johnson (left), John S. Pelley (second from left), and J. Edgar Hoover (right). From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

President Harry S. Truman (center) is presented with a sombrero by the Dons Club, representing the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine Research Committee of Phoenix, Arizona. All others are unidentified.