Former President Harry S. Truman puts a Native American headdress on Jimmy Walsh while co-star Joan Terrace watches during a rehearsal at the Truman Library for the television show "Let's Take A Trip."
Former President Harry S. Truman, who will celebrate his 71st birthday Sunday, posed for this birthday portrait Friday in his Kansas City, Missouri, office at the Federal Reserve Bank. Sunday Mr. Harry S. Truman will use a gold-plated shovel to break ground for the memorial library which will house his three million presidential papers. Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson and former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder are scheduled to head old Washington associates attending the ceremony in Slover Park in Independence, Missouri. From: Houston Post.
A while back, New York visitor Harry S. Truman was taking his morning stroll down 49th Street and stopped by the "Today" studio window. A reporter was sent out to interview the former President. Harry S. Truman is but one of the many distinguished visitors who stop at "Today's" window to wave to the national TV audience. From: Houston Post.
Former President Harry S. Truman smiles as he points to a beam from the White House which cracked from the weight of daughter Margaret's piano. Such deterioration led to renovation of the presidential mansion. The beam is now in the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. From: Houston Post.
New York, New York. Full-length photo of former President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Truman and their daughter, Margaret (right), are shown at the United Nations on their way to pay a visit to Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the world organization. Earlier in the day, Mr. Truman told reporters the American Legion went "haywire" for urging Congress to withdraw U.S. support for UNESCO.