Ex-presidents

Left to right: Dean Acheson, Vice President of the Truman Library Committee; Alonzo Gentry of Gentry & Voskamp Architects; Rufus Burrus; Harry S. Truman; Basil O'Connor, President of the Truman Library Committee; and David Lloyd, Executive Director of the Library Committee (behind Mr. O'Connor) at the site of the Truman Library at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

Left to right: former President Harry S. Truman; Bess Truman; Dean Acheson, Vice President of the Truman Library Committee; and David Lloyd, Executive Director of the Library Committee at the site of the Truman Library. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

Left to right: former President Harry S. Truman; Bess Truman; Basil O'Connor, President of the Library Committee; Dean Acheson, Vice President of the Library Committee and David Lloyd, Executive Director of the Library Committee, inspect the site of the Harry S. Truman Library at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

Former President Harry S. Truman and a group of newsmen at his office in the Federal Reserve Bank on his third anniversary out of office. Third from left is Bill Birch, fifth and sixth are Walt Bodine and Randall Jessee. Ninth is Harold M. Slater. Others are unidentified. (See 97-88, 96-850) From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

Left to right: Unidentified lady, Paul M. Butler, Democratic National Committee Chairman, Mrs. J. Marcus Kirtley and former President Harry S. Truman attend a Democratic victory dinner at the Hotel President. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

New York Governor-elect Averell Harriman, former President Harry S. Truman and Democratic National Committee Chairman, Paul M. Butler, left to right, at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. (See also 96-815) From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman attend the auction at the Independence Armory to raise funds for the future Harry S. Truman Library. Mr. Truman is presented the gold plated shovel for the Library groundbreaking by Dr. G. R. Tompkins, President of the Independence Lions Club. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

Harry S. and Bess Truman attend the auction at the Independence Armory to raise funds for the future Harry S. Truman Library. On the right is John Lund of the Chamber of Commerce. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

Former President Harry S. Truman addresses those attending the auction for the future Truman Library. On the left is Dr. G. R. Tompkins, President of the Independence Lions Club. On the right is John Lund of the Chamber of Commerce. The fundraiser was held in the Independence Armory. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

Former President Harry S. Truman is one of the first arrivals at the polls to cast his vote in the general election. The clerk is unidentified. Mr. Truman votes in the seventh precinct of Blue Township in the Memorial Building in Independence. (See also 96-823) From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.