Friends and associates

President Harry S. Truman enjoys a meal with a group of politicians and notables at the home of Mayor Roger T. Sermon in Independence, Missouri. Seated from left to right around the table are: Edgar Hinde, J. Leonard Reinsch, unidentified man, unidentified man, Matthew Connelly, Captain James Vardaman, Mayor Sermon, President Harry S. Truman, Charles Ross, unidentified man, General Harry Vaughan, Ted Marks, James Pendergast, and C.C. Bundschu.

Mr. James Pendergast (third from left) is photographed at an Inaugural party. Pendergast's wife, Kathleen (fourth from left), and daughter, Mary Ellen Pendergast (unknown position), are also present along with two unidentified women. Source: Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

Portrait of Durward W. Gilmore which was used in his oral history.

Former President Harry S. Truman with Averell Harriman and another unidentified man. Left to Right: Averell Harriman, Harry S. Truman, unidentified man.

Former President Harry S. Truman (front row, second from left) and Averell Harriman (front row, second from right) with unidentified others in Kansas City at an airport.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from right) greets New York Governor Averell Harriman (right) at Municipal Airport in Kansas City, Missouri. Former Wichita Mayor and Harriman's Kansas campaign manager William C. Salome (left), and former Treasurer of the United States Georgia Neese Clark Gray (second from left) also met Governor Harriman on the tarmac. Harriman was starting a four-day tour of Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, and South Dakota seeking votes for the Democratic Presidential nomination. See also 69-517.

From left to right, Harry S. Truman (with picnic basket), May Wallace, and George Wallace standing on a road. From: Truman home, in an album entitled "Postal Souvenirs".

Portrait of Victor F. Swyden that was used in conjunction with his oral history interview. Donor: Mr. Swyden.

Former President Harry S. Truman accepts a small chair from Henry P. Chiles. The chair, made from walnut wood from old mill, is for Mr. Truman's grandson Harrison Gates Daniel. They are in Mr. Truman's office in the Harry S. Truman Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman accepts a small chair from Henry P. Chiles. The chair, made from walnut wood from old mill, is for Mr. Truman's grandson Harrison Gates Daniel. They are in Mr. Truman's office in the Harry S. Truman Library.