Friends and associates

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and artist Thomas Hart Benton (foreground, left) at Mr. Truman's birthday party at the Truman Library, given by the Press of Independence and Kansas City. Mike Westwood (left, in hat) and Randall Jessee (to right of Westwood) in background with others.

Harry S. Truman and friends in the haberdashery at 104 W. 12th St., Kansas City, Missouri. L to R: Harry S. Truman, Francis Berry, Mike Flynn, and Kelsey Cravens. This is 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 l2th and Baltimore (104 West 12th) Kansas City, Missouri The store was opened in l919 and it failed in 1921. Donor: Montgomery Foto Service (this a copy, not the copyright property of Montgomery).

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.

In front of the Thomas Hart Benton mural in the lobby of the Truman Library, left to right, are: president of Union Finance Co. Charles W. Munkers, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, former President Harry S. Truman, and Lieutenant Paul "Mike" Westwood of the Independence Police force.

Former President Harry S. Truman and former Secretary of State Dean Acheson view an exhibit in the Presidential room of the Truman Library. Left to right: Mr. Acheson, Mr. Truman, Milton Perry, and Dr. Philip C. Brooks.

Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson signs an autograph book for Mrs. Margaret Sanders, who is working at the admissions desk at the Truman Presidential Library. Dr. Philip Brooks, Director of the Library is on the left, former President Harry S. Truman is behind Mr. Acheson, and Guard Leon Cox looks on.

Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left) and former President Harry S. Truman (right) in Mr. Truman's office at the Truman Library.

From left to right, Ben Weinberg, former President Harry S. Truman, and an unidentified man. Truman stands at the podium during Ben Weinberg's sixty-ninth birthday party, held at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.

Ben Weinberg stands third from the left holding a certificate. A group of unidentified men stand around him. They are gathered at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, to celebrate Mr. Weinberg's 69th birthday.

Former President Harry S. Truman sits as Ben Weinberg stands at the podium, during Weinberg's birthday party, held at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.