Gifts

President Harry S. Truman (left) greets little Michael Dene Condatore of Washington, D.C. and E. F. Harloff in the oval office. Little Michael is presenting to President Truman a giant "firecracker" and tickets to the American Cavalcade of Freedom which will take place on the grounds of the Washington Monument on July 4.

Nice color photograph of the ark, silver and copper inscribed Torah case, a gift from President Chaim Weizmann of Israel to President Truman. It is now in the museum collection of the Harry S. Truman Library. The ark was used to hold the Torah (Old Testament Five Books of Moses) given to the President on May 27, 1948.

President Harry S. Truman (center) receives a gift of a turkey from Wilton E. Hall, delivered by Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina (right) and Colonel Lewis Jackson (left).

President Harry S. Truman (center) receives a gift of a turkey from Wilton E. Hall, delivered by Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina (right) and Colonel Lewis Jackson (left).

A delegation from the Venezuelan Embassy presenting a bust of Simon Bolivar to President Harry S. Truman. From left to right: Senor Dr. Don Francisco Alvarez, First Secretary of the Venezuelan Embassy; Senor Dr. Don M. A. Falcon-Briceno, Charge d'Affaires of Venezuelan Embassy; President Truman; and Senor Arturo Briceno.

A delegation from the Venezuelan Embassy presenting a bust of Simon Bolivar to President Harry S. Truman. From left to right: Senor Dr. Don Francisco Alvarez, First Secretary of the Venezuelan Embassy; Senor Dr. Don M. A. Falcon-Briceno, Charge d'Affaires of Venezuelan Embassy; President Truman; and Senor Arturo Briceno.

A delegation from the Venezuelan Embassy presenting a bust of Simon Bolivar to President Harry S. Truman. From left to right: Senor Dr. Don Francisco Alvarez, First Secretary of the Venezuelan Embassy; Senor Dr. Don M. A. Falcon-Briceno, Charge d'Affaires of Venezuelan Embassy; President Truman; and Senor Arturo Briceno.

A delegation from the Venezuelan Embassy presenting a bust of Simon Bolivar to President Harry S. Truman. From left to right: Senor Dr. Don Francisco Alvarez, First Secretary of the Venezuelan Embassy; Senor Dr. Don M. A. Falcon-Briceno, Charge d'Affaires of Venezuelan Embassy; President Truman; and Senor Arturo Briceno.

Color photograph of the bronze Menorah presented by Rabbi Lazier Wimpa to President Harry S. Truman on May 8, 1951. It was presented as a gift of state by Prime Minister David Ben Gurion of Israel. Negative made from slide SL-1955.

View of crowd in Quito, Ecuador at the presentation of the airplane "Spirit of Kansas City" to the people of Ecuador.