Gifts

President Harry S. Truman (third from the right) meets with a group of Shriners and receives an honorary life membership in the Mahi Temple of Miami. Truman received this while he vacationed in Key West, Florida. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

President Harry S. Truman (second from the right) receives a certificate from members of the Grand Lodge of the Free Ancient and Accepted Masons of Florida. The certificate is a resolution from the group, making President Truman an honorary life member and Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. President Truman received this honor while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

President Harry S. Truman (second from the right) receives a certificate from members of the Grand Lodge of the Free Ancient and Accepted Masons of Florida. The certificate is a resolution from the group, making President Truman an honorary life member and Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. President Truman received this honor while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

President Harry S. Truman and the Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder are presented the official insignia shield of the Treasury's Defense Bond Drive, by the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association. From left to right: two unidentified men, Secretary Snyder, and President Truman. All others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 7.

Matthew Connelly (left), Appointment Secretary to President Harry S. Truman, accepts a sack of potatoes from Senator Francis J. Myers (right), as Nina Herschner (center) looks on. Ms. Herschner is the Pennsylvania Potato Blossom Queen and from Felton, Pennsylvania.

Staff Sergeant Eugene List (right), presents a copy of sheet music that he played at the Potsdam Conference to President Harry S. Truman (left). He played the piano at a dinner that President Truman hosted for Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Marshal Joseph Stalin and other Allied leaders.

President Harry S. Truman attends a formal presentation of equestrian statues, "The Art of War" and "The Art of Peace," by Italian Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi to the Government of the United States at Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. At podium is Prime Minister de Gasperi, behind is President Harry S. Truman. Left of podium is Secretary of State Dean Acheson. All others are unidentified.

Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Jackson (left) and Senator Olin Johnston (right) present President Harry S. Truman (center) with a turkey. The turkey is a gift from Wilton E. Hall (not pictured), publisher of the Anderson Independent and Daily Mail of Anderson, South Carolina.

President Harry S. Truman receives a gift of a 42-pound tom turkey from Austin, Texas. The Poultry and Egg Board presented the turkey to President Truman on behalf of its members. In the foreground, from left to right: R. E. James, President of the National Turkey Federation; President Truman; and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman Receives a model of a ship in the Oval Office of the White House. From left to right: unidentified, President Truman, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, and Admiral Ernest King.