Portrait of Dean Acheson
Portrait of Dean Acheson, from a series of color portraits of Truman cabinet members. Transferred from museum collection.
Cabinet officers
President Truman Announcing Surrender of Japan
President Harry S. Truman announcing the surrender of Japan, ending World War II, to assembled reporters in the Oval Office. Journalist Vivianne Lovell of Agence France-Presse stands in the striped dress on the left. Seated behind President Truman are John Snyder, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Secretary of State James Byrnes.
President Truman and his Cabinet
President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet, 1947. From left to right: Cliton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture; Lewis Schwellenbach, Secretary of Labor; W. Averell Harriman, Secretary of Commerce; Julius Krug, Secretary of the Interior; Robert Hannegan, Postmaster General; Robert Patterson, Secretary of War; George C. Marshall, Secretary of State; President Truman; John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury; Tom Clark, Attorney General; James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy.
President Truman and his Cabinet
President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet, 1947. From left to right: Cliton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture; Lewis Schwellenbach, Secretary of Labor; W. Averell Harriman, Secretary of Commerce; Julius Krug, Secretary of the Interior; Robert Hannegan, Postmaster General; Robert Patterson, Secretary of War; George C. Marshall, Secretary of State; President Truman; John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury; Tom Clark, Attorney General; James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy.
U.S. and Iraqi representatives standing on porch of White House
President Harry S. Truman (front row, right), Prince Abd al-Ilah of Iraq (front row, left), and representatives of the government of the United States and Iraq, standing on the porch in front of the White House. In second row are Major General Harry Vaughan and Captain James K. Vardaman. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes is in the third row, fourth from the right. Lieutenant George Elsey is next to the door on the right. All others are unidentified.
President Harry S. Truman and Family with the Prime Minister of Pakistan
President Harry S. Truman and Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan are standing outside Blair House in Washington, D.C., during the Prime Minister's visit to the United States. Front row, left to right: President Truman, Margaret Truman, Begum Raana Liaquat Ali Khan, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan. In the background are Secretary of State Dean Acheson (second from left) and General Robert Landry (right). All others are unidentified.
President Harry S. Truman Honors Members of White House Police Force
President Harry S. Truman, third from right, decorated the White House Police and Secret Service agents who prevented his assassination at Blair House on November 1, 1950. Left to right: Wounded policemen Private Joseph H. Downs and Private Donald Birdzell; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, whose department has jurisdiction over the White House Police and Secret Service; Cressie Coffelt, widow of the slain policeman Leslie Coffelt; Private Joseph O. Davidson; President Truman; and two Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Vincent P. Mroz.
Leslie Coffelt Funeral Services
Pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of Private Leslie Coffelt during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery. Coffelt, a member of the White House Police Force and formerly in the United States Army, was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, 1950. Pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (far right of coffin); Mrs. Ann Chapman (second from right of coffin). All others unidentified.
George L. Warren Shaking Hands With Secretary of State
Autographed photo with George L. Warren on the right shaking hands with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Autograph reads: "With best wishes from John Foster Dulles, April, 1958."
Group of Attendees at United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Meeting
This is a photograph of a group of attendees to the UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) meeting held in Montreal, Canada. The only woman in view is Ellen S. Woodward, a member of the Social Security Board. Dean Acheson is seated on the far right and represented the United States State Department. Standing in the center, fifth from the right, is George L. Warren, a long time principal adviser on refugees and displaced persons for the Department of State. Others in view are not identified.