Ex-presidents

Former President Harry S. Truman smiles at his infant grandson, William Wallace Daniel while his other grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel looks on.

Former president Harry S. Truman poses for a photograph with his grandson Clifton Truman Daniel during a Christmas visit in 1959. Daniel is riding the rocking horse he received from Santa. On the back of the photograph is a note: "Clifton Truman Daniel riding the rocking horse that Santa Claus brought him for Christmas 1959. When he fell off and started to bawl, former Captain Harry Truman, Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, issued a stern order: "Get back on the horse and ride 'im. Clifton shut up an did as he was told. (author's photo)."

Former President Harry S. Truman poses for a photograph at Christmas 1959, with his infant grandson, William Wallace Daniel and his brother, Clifton Truman Daniel. On the right is the rocking horse Clifton Daniel received for Christmas from his grandparents.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) smiles broadly as he carries his grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel away from the train. Margaret Truman Daniel walks on front of the president. Behind her is her mother, former First Lady Bess Truman. Margaret Truman Daniel and her son traveled to Independence, Missouri for Christmas. All others are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman and former First Lady Bess W. Truman smile as an unidentified nurse shows them their first grandchild, Clifton Truman Daniel. Note on back of photograph reads: "Clifton Truman Daniel, age 5 days."

President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) talks with former President Harry S. Truman (left) in Mr. Truman's office suite at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. President Johnson visited the Library to attend the announcement of the Harry S. Truman Center for the Advancement of Peace at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Left to right at Medicare signing in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library: President Lyndon B. Johnson, Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey, Harry S. Truman, and Mrs. Bess Truman. President Johnson is handing a pen to Mr. Truman.

President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) signs legislation that designates October 24 of every year as United Nations Day. President Johnson signed this legislation in the home of former President Harry S. Truman (left) in Independence, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) is walking down the hallway of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. With him are, from left to right: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Earl Warren, Bess W. Truman, and President Lyndon B. Johnson. Others in the background are unidentified. They have just attended a ceremony announcing the creation of the Harry S. Truman Center for the Advancement of Peace at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

From left to right, an unidentified man, former President Harry S. Truman, Bess W. Truman, and President Lyndon B. Johnson sit on the stage of the auditorium at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. They are attending a ceremony announcing the creation of the Harry S. Truman Center for the Advancement of Peace at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.