Ex-presidents

Former President Harry S. Truman sits on a terrace wall and enjoys the view of the "asparagus" trees at Chateau Saint-Martin in Vence, France, where he and Bess stayed during their European tour. (From original slide SL2576) From: Truman Home.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) holds his movie camera and converses with Judge Samuel I. Rosenman on their walk in the hills around Col de Vence, France, during their European tour. (From original slide SL2575) From: Truman Home.

Left to right: Clifton Daniel, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman Daniel, and Harry S. Truman pose for photographers on the docks at New York City, prior to Mr. and Mrs. Truman boarding the S.S. Independence for their European tour. (From original slide SL2607) From: Truman Home.

Left to right: Bess Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, and Judge Samuel Rosenman watch a volcano on the Azores Islands, Portugal, while passing by on the S.S. Constitution on their way to their European tour. (From original slide 2608) From: Truman Home.

On the docks at Naples, Italy, during his European tour, former President Harry S. Truman (left) walks by an ocean liner with an unidentified official of the American Export Lines. Behind him are Mrs. Samuel Rosenman (left) and Bess Truman. (From original slide SL2612) From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman, Mrs. Samuel Rosenman (center), and former President Harry S. Truman lunch outdoors at the Chateau Madrid, Italy, during their 1958 European tour. (From original slide SL2618) From: Truman Home.

Left to right, Bess Truman, Mrs. Sam Rosenman, Former President Truman, and Sam Rosenman lunch outdoors at the Chateau Madrid, Italy, during their 1958 European tour. (From original slide SL2619) From: Truman Home.

Former President Harry S. Truman at the cafe Transatlantic in Naples, Italy. A bowl of cherries is in the foreground and an unidentified waiter and singing musicians in the background. Mr. Truman will continue on to Cannes, France, where he and Mrs. Truman will spend their vacation. (From original slide SL2614) From: Truman Home.

Portrait of former President Harry S. Truman (from the waist up) standing outside the Truman Library before the inscription carved into the wall seen on the left while facing the main entrance. From: Museum Collection #93.12 (items found inside locked credenza in HST's working office at Truman Library).

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right) with two unidentified men at a White House dinner in honor of West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard.