Ex-presidents

Former President Harry S. Truman (seated) receives a round of applause from Air Force officers and others after speaking at a dinner at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Belton, Missouri. All others in photo are unidentified. From: Laun C. Smith, Jr., Captain, USAF.

With a Certificate of Appreciation lying on the table in front of him, former President Harry S. Truman addresses his dinner companions, officers of Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Belton, Missouri. Others in the photo are unidentified. From: Laun C. Smith, Jr., Captain, USAF.

At Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Belton, Missouri, former President Harry S. Truman sits at the dinner table listening to an unidentified officer introduce him as the main speaker. Others in the photo are unidentified. From: Laun C. Smith, Jr., Captain, USAF.

Former President Harry S. Truman stands at the dinner table between two unidentified officers during a visit to Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Belton, Missouri. From: Laun C. Smith, Jr., Captain, USAF.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from left) stands at the dinner table while officers at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Belton, Missouri, raise their glasses in a toast. The others in the photo are unidentified. From: Laun C. Smith, Jr., Captain, USAF.

Former President Harry S. Truman (third from left) sits down to dinner with officers during a visit to Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in Belton, Missouri. The others in the photo are unidentified. From: Laun C. Smith, Jr., Captain, USAF, Information Service Officer

At the Truman home in Independence, former President Harry S. Truman receives a copy of a term paper entitled "Truman's Foreign Policy" written by Sally Smith, a student at Asociacion Cristiana de Jouenes in Lima, Peru. The other man is unidentified. From: Sally Smith

Representatives of the Eddie Jacobson Memorial Foundation visit former President Harry S. Truman in his office at the Truman Library to present a gold-plated miniature sculpture of the President and a gold-plated medallion. Left to right are Earl J. Tranin, Walter J. Berkowitz, A.D Jacobson (brother of Eddie Jacobson), Truman, Lou Gershon, Dr. Borenstein, and A.J. Granoff. Same as 96-888.

Former President Harry S. Truman receives a gold-plated miniature sculpture from A. D. Jacobson (left), representing the Eddie Jacobson Memorial Foundation. The picture was taken in Truman's working office at the Truman Library. Same as 77-2946.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) sits in the Truman Library's reproduction of the President's office with Dr. Philip Brooks (right, back to camera), director of the Library. Visible on the desk in the Truman Library Oval Office exhibit is the Buck Stops Here sign.