Friends and associates

A group being shown through the Harry S. Truman Library. Jack Benny third from the left; former Attorney General James McGranery on right. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) with former business partner Eddie Jacobson in Mr. Jacobson's clothing store in the Westport area of Kansas City.

Harry S. Truman as a young man in the clothing store he and Eddie Jacobson owned. The name of the store was the Truman and Jacobson Haberdashery, located at 12th and Baltimore (104 West 12th) Kansas City, Missouri The store was opened in 1919 and it failed in 1921. L to R: Harry S. Truman, Francis Berry, Mike Flynn, and Kelsey Cravens. This photograph was from the files of the Kansas City Star, but they did not originate the photograph.

Senator Harry S. Truman (left), drink in hand, and Charles Ross (second from left), converse with two unidentified men. The event, date, and location are unknown. From: Found in a box of miscellaneous photographs in the Audio/Visual area.

President Harry S. Truman (right) with former business partner Eddie Jacobson in Mr. Jacobson's clothing store in the Westport area of Kansas City. From: Mrs. Eddie Jacobson.

Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace, and Charles Ross, among others, posing for high school graduating class photo, Independence, Missouri, 1901. Back row: Henry Chiles; Elmer Twyman; William Lloyd Garrett; Harry Truman; Will Long; Myrtle Cronkhite; Laura Ford; Mary Anderson; Gertrude Dixon; Laura Kingsbury. Third row: Crawford Compton; Leura Walters; Katie Krey; Gertrude Reyner. Second row: Tasker P. Taylor; Louretta Meador; Minnie Carpenter; Grace Crandall; Mary Taylor; James T. Brown; Mary Chinn; Itaska Atkinson; Bertha Roberts; Bess Wallace.

An interior view of the Truman & Jacobson Haberdashery at 104 W. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri. In the store, left to right, are: Harry S. Truman; Francis Berry (a corporal in the 129th); Mike Flynn (a Lieutenant in Battery "D"); and Kelsey Cravens (a friend of Truman). The store served as a gathering place for men of the 129th Field Artillery from November, 1919 to 1922. Edward Jacobson, who was a sergeant in Truman's Battery, was the President's partner in the business. From: Montgomery Photo-V-5326.

Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace, and Charles Ross, among others, posing for high school graduating class photo, Independence, Missouri, 1901. Back row: Henry Chiles; Elmer Twyman; William Lloyd Garrett; Harry Truman; Will Long; Myrtle Cronkhite; Laura Ford; Mary Anderson; Gertrude Dixon; Laura Kingsbury. Third row: Crawford Compton; Leura Walters; Katie Krey; Gertrude Reyner. Second row: Tasker P. Taylor; Louretta Meador; Minnie Carpenter; Grace Crandall; Mary Taylor; James T. Brown; Mary Chinn; Itaska Atkinson; Bertha Roberts; Bess Wallace.

Left to right: Harry Jobes, Basil O'Connor, former President Harry S. Truman, Tom Evans, and Paul Butler at the groundbreaking ceremony for 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.

Members of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute hold a 4th annual Board Meeting at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Left to right are: Unidentified; Dean Francis H. Heller, Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean, Lawrence; unidentified; Dr. Richard M. Drake, Chancellor, Kansas City University; unidentified; unidentified; David D. Lloyd, Exec. Director, Harry S. Truman Library, Inc., Washington, D.C.; unidentified; Former President Harry S. Truman; Dr. Elmer Ellis, President, University of Missouri, Columbia; Dr. Philip C. Brooks, Director, Harry S.