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Mrs. Truman and Margaret at Truman-Evans dinner

Bess Truman (front row, third from the left) and Margaret Truman (far left) are part of a group gathered for the Truman-Evans dinner held at the Truman Library. Tom Evans was a Kansas City businessman and friend of Harry S. Truman. The photograph is signed: "To Mr. and Mrs. Loeb H. Granoff From Harry S. & Bess W. Truman, 10-31-1959". Same as 60-287-1 except for autograph. Same as 95-93.

Composite photo of Frank Spina

Collage of four snapshots of Frank E. Spina, President Harry S. Truman's barber and member of Battery "D". Top photo shows man with a moustache holding a bicycle, one photo of man in World War I-era military uniform, one as a young man, and center photo of Frank Spina in middle age. Photo is autographed: "To Loeb Granoff with all good wishes from Frank E. Spina Oct. 19-1945".

Truman, Robert L. Sweeney and others in the private car of the Ferdinand Magellan

President Harry S. Truman meets with Robert L. Sweeney, a friend of the President and the first Black supervisor in the Kansas City, Missouri Post Office, and others in his private car aboard the Ferdinand Magellan, the Presidential train. This photo was taken sometime after President Truman gave a campaign speech in Des Moines, Iowa. Left to right are: Press Secretary Charles Ross; leader and chief strategist of the Citizens Committee to Reelect Truman, Anna Hedgeman; Missouri State Representative J. McKinley Neal; Robert L. Sweeney; Lewis M. Clymer; and President Truman.