Ex-presidents

This photograph of a political cartoon depicts President Harry S. Truman (behind the podium) speaks with several media microphones in front of him. The ghosts of former presidents watch over him: (from left to right, top row to bottom) Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Jackson. Clifford Berryman created this political cartoon which appeared in the Evening Star on April 15, 1945. This political cartoon is in the museum collection of the Truman Library.

Cartoon, entitled "Come Children, Mr. Truman is Talking to Reporters" by Joseph Parrish, featuring a caricature of former President Harry S. Truman.

Cartoon, entitled "His Fighting Spirit Carries On" by Jim Barstow. The cartoon depicts President Harry S. Truman and former President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The copy of the cartoon is inscribed: "To President Truman with all good wishes Jim Barstow Oct. 2, 1949". Credit: Originally published in General Electric News.

Margaret (Truman) Daniel with her father, former President Harry S. Truman, and son Clifton Truman Daniel departing for a train journey home with the Daniel family.

Margaret (Truman) Daniel (second from right) and sons Clifton (third from right, in Margaret's arms) and William (second from left), with former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Bess Truman (center, turned to left), prior to getting on a train for homeward trip with the Daniel family.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) shaking hands with Gilbert Titus (left) and George Hare (right) in his office in the Truman Presidential Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) shaking hands with Gilbert Titus (left) and George Hare (right) in his office in the Truman Presidential Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) shaking hands with George Hare in his office in the Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum & Library.

Photograph of an older Harry S. Truman at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City talking with various reporters after one of his famous "constitutional" walks. The photograph is somewhat unique in that it is reflected in a mirror producing an interesting double view of the President. From: S. D. Uslan, President, Avalon Communications, Inc.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaking into microphones on the rear platform of the train taking his family from Washington, D. C. to Independence, Missouri on Inauguration Day, January 20, 1953. Man standing behind the President is unidentified.