Operation Price Control
WOR Electrical Transcription disc labeled, Democratic National Committee. "Operation Price Control." The story of meat with the voices of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Harry S. Truman. 10-2073.
Farmers
President Harry S. Truman's Remarks at National 4-H Club Camp
Remarks by President Harry S. Truman to the delegates to the 21st National 4-H Club Camp. The President spoke at 12:05 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House. This is a partial recording interrupted in the middle, but it includes President Truman's thanks for the presentation of a gold key.
President Truman's Remarks to 4-H Club Delegates
President Harry S. Truman's remarks to 4-H Club delegates. 4-H delegate Elizabeth Ann Mason presents President Truman with a first edition of "The 4-H Story." 4-H delegate Carl Baldus gave the president an update of the membership numbers. The trio also discussed the 4-H stamp. Text of remarks not found in Public Papers.
President Truman's Statement Commending the Operations of the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
President Harry S. Truman's remarks upon presentation of a check for one million dollars by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of Agriculture for the Farm Credit Administration, 11:45 a.m., Oval Office, White House, Washington, DC.
Assemblage of farmers stand at the corner of two roads
A large assemblage of farmers stand on an elevated curb at the corner of two roads and waits for the arrival of some important personage. Some of the farmers have horse-drawn wagons, and many of the people are standing on the wagons. A small band wearing white uniforms and holding musical instruments stands on the left side of the group. The prevalence of overalls and horse-drawn wagons indicate that this is a farming community early in the 1900's. From: Museum Collection #93.12 (items found inside locked credenza in Harry S. Truman's working office at Truman Library).
President Truman with Mr. and Mrs. John Oeser
President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with John Oeser, as Mrs. Oeser looks on. Mr. Oeser won the title of being, "Typical Midwest Farmer" of 1945.
Harry S. Truman with national officers of Future Farmers of America
President Truman greeted the national officers of the Future Farmers of America for 1945-1946 at the White House. (L-R) Virgil Getto of Fallon, Nebraska; Eugene Starkey of Orlan, California; President Truman; J. Glyndon Stuff of Polo, Illinois; Joseph E. Espey of Maryville, Missouri; and Marion Baumgardner of Wellington, Texas. Donor: Dorothy Girton.
Weesner family of Iowa
This is a photograph of the R. P. Weesner family of Dexter, Iowa. This photo was taken when President Harry S. Truman visited the National Plowing Match held in Dexter. Max Weesner is second from the left. Left to right: Lula Weesner, Max Weesner, Jack Weesner, and Rolland Weesner.
President Truman speaking in Dexter, Iowa
President Harry S. Truman (behind the podium) speaking at a National Plowing Match during the Soil and Conservation Field Day in Dexter, Iowa.
W.B. Miller, Boonville, Missouri, with turnips
W.B. Miller with turnips. Mr. Miller sowed his turnip seeds on July 26, 1948, after President Truman declared "turnip day" and called the 80th Congress back into session. These are his crops. Mr. Miller is from Boonville, Missouri.