Gifts

A photograph taken from under the elephant being lifted on the boat. The elephant was a gift to President Harry S. Truman for the King of Cambodia.

A photograph of the process of loading an elephant that was given to President Harry S. Truman by the King of Cambodia. The people in the photo are unidentified.

A photograph of the loading process for the elephant sent as a gift to President Harry S. Truman by the King of Cambodia. The people in the photo are unidentified.

A photograph of a man feeding the elephant that was sent to President Harry S. Truman as a gift from the King of Cambodia.

A photograph of a man sitting on top of the elephant sent to President Harry S. Truman from the King of Cambodia. The people in the photo are unidentified.

A photograph of the loading of an elephant which was a gift to President Harry S. Truman from the King of Cambodia. People in photo are unidentified.

Bess Truman poses outdoors with the wives of the Cabinet members during a luncheon at the home of former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. She is holding a large platter that was presented to her from the Cabinet wives. From left to right: Adele (Mrs. Robert) Lovett; Eda (Mrs. Charles) Brannan; Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson; Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; Bess W. Truman; Evlyn (Mrs. John) Snyder; Regina (Mrs. James) McGranery; Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles) Sawyer (mostly obscured); Helen (Mrs. Maurice) Tobin; Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace; Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson; unidentified.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Joseph C. Grew, and Bob Hope pin a Red Cross on President Truman for the 1948 fundraising campaign.

Tibetan delegation photographed on occasion of presentation to George R. Merrell, American Commissioner, New Delhi, of letters and gifts to the President. In the back row are two interpreters and (left to right) James R. Billman, Vice Consul; Sheldon T. Mills, Secretary of Mission; and T. Eliot Weil, Secretary of Mission.

Monk-leader of Tibetan delegation and lay-leader photographed with George R. Merrell, American Commissioner, New Delhi, on occasion of presentation of letters and gifts for the President.