Gifts

President Truman is presented a gavel by a 40 and 8 Commander of the American Legion. The gavel is a gift from Pearl Harbor Post #24, Voiture Locale 305, Honolulu, Hawaii by Voiture Locale 3, Kansas City, Missouri. The gavel was made from wood from the deck under the Treaty Table of the U.S.S. Missouri, Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945. The gavel is now in the museum collection of the Harry S. Truman Library. Left to right: unidentified man, Rufus B. Burrus, President Harry S. Truman. From: Rufus B. Burrus.

Photograph of plaque attached to a safe given to President Truman for Christmas in 1952 by Vice President Barkley and members of his Cabinet. (See also 2000-413.)

Photograph of safe given to President Truman for Christmas in 1952 by Vice President Barkley and members of his Cabinet. Safe has plaque on door engraved as follows: Merry Christmas - 1952 - Alben W. Barkley, Dean Acheson, John W. Snyder, Robert A. Lovett, James P. McGranery, Jesse M. Donaldson, Oscar L. Chapman, Charles F. Brannan, Charles Sawyer, and Maurice J. Tobin. (See also 2000-414.)

A photo of the Philippine dining table and chairs that is located at the Harry S. Truman Library in the lower museum.

Presentation of painting pertaining to the Post Office to Assistant Postmaster General Paul C. Aiken (center) by two unidentified persons.

Jesse M. Donaldson, Postmaster General, (left) accepting a Christmas gift from an unknown woman dressed in a Santa outfit. Paul C. Aiken, Assistant Postmaster General, is on the right.

President Harry S. Truman receives an unidentified gift from an unidentified man at a luncheon. The date, event, and location are unknown. From: Found in a box of miscellaneous photos in the Audiovisual area.

President Harry S. Truman, left, presented with a framed copy of a Zionist resolution which thanked him for his work on behalf of the recognition of the state of Israel. Senator J. Howard McGrath (right), Democrat from Rhode Island, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, made the presentation for the Zionist Organization of Portland, Oregon.

Former President Harry S. Truman receives the applause of an unidentified labor leader as he accepts a $5,000 check at an AFL-CIO banquet in New York City. From: AFL-CIO Community Service Activities, 9 East 40th St., New York 16, N.Y.

Photo of a lounge chair bearing the seal of the President of the United States and upon which a gold name plate is affixed for Harry S. Truman, President of the United States. It was shipped to the White House on July 20, 1949, as a personal gift from Arthur A. Lieberman. From: Arthur A. Lieberman, President, Carlton- Surrey Inc.