Friends and associates

A group of African-American supporters meet with President Harry S. Truman in his private railroad car, the Ferdinand Magellan, after delivering a speech in Des Moines, Iowa. Left to right are: Charles Ross (Press Secretary), Anna Hedgeman (leader and chief strategist of the Citizens Committee to Reelect Truman), J. McKinley Neal (Missouri State Representative), Robert L. Sweeney (the first Black supervisor in the Kansas City, Missouri Post Office), Lewis W. Clymer, and President Truman. (Same as 78-741 and 2006-7. 2006-7 is autographed.)

Portrait of James Pendergast, Kansas City political faction leader, long-time friend of former President Harry S. Truman From: Michael Pruett

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) receives a plaque from the Writer's Guild, presented by C.H. Nowlin at Mr. Truman's office in the Federal Reserve Bank Building, Kansas City, Missouri. From: C.H. Nowlin.

Former President Harry S. Truman (waving hat), flanked by an unidentified motorcycle escort, waves from the rear seat of a Cadillac convertible in Clinton, Missouri where he will attend the opening of the Henry County Fair. Seated next to him is Clinton Postmaster Walter Meneffee, Truman's sergeant in Battery D, 35th Division during World War I. The driver is Cleo Woody of Woody Motor Company. The front passenger is Asher Williams, president of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce. From: Elvin Durr.

Averell Harriman (right) exiting a car with Tom Evans. They are at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri and will be attending a Democratic dinner.

Former President Harry S. Truman (third from left) is shown in a six-way handshake with three members of the "Blue Team," Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., and others who visited the Truman Library during a National Security Seminar in Kansas City, Missouri. Of those who can be identified are Colonel Fred J. Frazer (3rd from right), Colonel John A. Riffle (2nd from right), and Rufus Burrus (right). (See 2004-396 thru 401; 77-2523 thru 2529; 77-2571 and 2572; 72-3753; and 2006-131, 132, and 134.) From: Lucille Patterson

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) poses with "Santa Claus," Judge Samuel I. Rosenman, former special counsel to President Truman. The location is Judge Rosenman's Park Avenue apartment in New York City. The photo is autographed as follows: "For President Harry S. Truman with the affectionate regards of Santa Claus, alias Samuel I. Rosenman."

Former President Harry S. Truman chats with Joseph M. Lunns (right), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and Stanley Woodward (left), former Chief of Protocol of the White House. The location, date, and event are unknown. From: Peter J. Rossi, Publicity Department, the French Line.

Senator and Vice-Presidential nominee Harry S. Truman chats with friends at the Coronado Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, at a dinner given by the Knights of the Cauliflower Ear, an organization of sports fans, for Harry S. Truman and Robert E. Hannegan, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Front row, left to right are: Cecil Engel, Mr. Truman, an unidentified serviceman, and Bernard Dickmann. From: David Meyer (nephew of Cecil Engel).

Former President Harry S. Truman stands by a Delta airplane after arriving in Little Rock, Arkansas, for a 35th Division reunion. With him are two members of Battery "D" and two representatives of Delta Airlines. Left to right are: Mr. V.A. Mensies (Delta Air Lines), Francis Yeager (Battery "D"), President Truman, Delta hostess, and Jack Bullard (Battery "D"). From: V.A. Mensies, Delta-C&S Air Lines, Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri