Ex-presidents

Abraham Baum (left) presents former President Harry S. Truman (right) in his office at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum with two needlework reproductions of Masonic paintings. The work on the left depicts President George Washington as a Mason. The one of the left is a reproduction of the painting "Symbols of Masonry."

Abraham Baum (first from left) meets with Former President Harry S. Truman (second from left) in his office at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum to present him with some needlework reproductions of Masonic paintings. With them are Mae (Mrs. Abraham) Baum and Stanley Baum.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Mrs. Ralph Truman (right) meet in front of a memorial plaque for her husband, General Ralph Truman (1880-1962) in the 35th Division Room at the Truman Library.

Barnett Helzberg, Sr. (first from left) presents former President Harry S. Truman (center) with a piece of Lenox China with his son, Barnett Helzberg, Jr.

Barnett Helzberg, Sr. (first from left) presents former President Harry S. Truman (center) with a piece of Lenox China with his son, Barnett Helzberg, Jr.

Barnett Helzberg, Sr. (first from left) presents former President Harry S. Truman (center) with a piece of Lenox China with his son, Barnett Helzberg, Jr.

Former President Harry S. Truman flashes a big smile as he steps from the voting booth today in the Memorial Building in Independence, Missouri. He had just cast his ballot on one of Jackson County's new voting machines (seen in background). This was the first time the machine had been used in a general election. However, a similar one was used in Missouri's August primary. Prohibited from taking his usual long morning walk, Harry S. Truman said that he was able to take advantage of the election today to make the two-block walk from his home. From: Houston Post.

While Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was holding a press conference in Kansas City, an old friend walked in -- Harry S. Truman. Mrs. Roosevelt greeted the former President cordially and the photographer caught them in a jovial mood following on Mr. Truman's comical remarks. From: Houston Post.

Former President Harry S. Truman sits at a desk in a television studio (WDAF-TV) in Kansas City, Missouri tonight just before going on the air with a nationwide radio and television broadcast giving his side of the Harry Dexter White case. The former Chief Executive sits beneath a battery of lights before the cameras with his speech before him. From: Houston Post.

Harry S. Truman thumbs through a newspaper at St. Louis Union Station as he and Mrs. Bess Truman await their breakfast order -- scrambled eggs and bacon -- today. The former President had little to say about his speech to the nation tomorrow night, but told newsmen his comments on the Harry Dexter White case would give them "something to write about tomorrow night." The Trumans, home-bound after a New York visit, changed trains here en route to Independence, Missouri. From: Houston Post.