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Truman at Dedication of Baptist Church

Dedication of New Baptist Church at Grandview, Missouri. President Harry S. Truman in pulpit. President Truman led the capacity crowd of more than 400 persons in the formal Act of Dedication, after speaking briefly on the 102-year history of the church and his family's association with it. Sitting on the platform from left to right are: Reverend I.F. Whitcomb, a Baptist associational pastor, Revered Welbern Bowman, pastor of the church; Dr. T.W.

James F. Twohy, Governor Thomas E. Dewey and others at a National Conference of Christians and Jews banquet in New York City

Seated at the dinner table are, left to right: Father John La Farge, Arthur Compton, James F. Twohy (Co-Chairman), Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and Chief Justice Earl Warren. The event was a National Conference of Christians and Jews banquet in New York City at which a portrait of Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes was unveiled.

Harry S. Truman and a group of 822 Club members standing in front of President Truman's working office of the Truman Library

Harry S. Truman, right, Father Curtis Tiernan, second row near center post, and a group of unidentified 822 Club members standing in front of former President Truman's working office of the Harry S. Truman Library during a tour of the facility. From: Leather bound album of 53 8 x 10 photos taken at the nearly completed Truman Library showing the 822 Club on tour.