Hats

Margaret and Bess Truman pose for a photograph in their Kentucky Derby attire, including hats. A note on the back of the photo reads, "Look at those hats!"

President Harry S. Truman tries on a "lucky" ten gallon hat presented to him at the White House by John Ben Shepperd (right) of Texas, President of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce. The donor said the hat had been rubbed with the left hind foot of a Texas jackrabbit. Photo is airbrushed. From: Houston Post.

Aboard the USS Missouri at sea, the President, a land-lubber, is right pleased with himself as he poses in what he calls his six-star Admiral's cap" aboard the USS Missouri. Mrs. Truman (right) for her part, prefers a tropical pith helmet." From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman meets with several men during a campaign stop in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding a sombrero in his hands, possibly a gift from those present. From left to right: Chief of Police Fred Palmer, Postmaster Dan Quill, a representative of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce, Ramon Galindo, President Truman, Fire and Police Commissioner Raymond South, and Texas Governor Beauford Jester. All others are unidentified. Taken from the campaign scrapbook of HST.

The Eighth American Scientific Conference, which was reorganized as the Inter-American Statistical Institute, met in Washington, D. C. The delegates took a week-end trip to Old Point Comfort and Williamsburg. The lady is unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) is presented with a sombrero by the Dons Club, representing the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine Research Committee of Phoenix, Arizona. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) waves his new "5" Star Beaver hat that he received from the Chief of Police of Phoenix, Arizona. A delegation from Maricopa County, Arizona met with President Truman at the White House to discuss a hospital program. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

An unidentified group of men poses with a Stetson hat box during President Harry S. Truman's visit to Lincoln, Nebraska.

An unidentified group of men exchanges a Stetson hat box during President Harry S. Truman's visit to Lincoln, Nebraska.

John R. Steelman (left) and John Strait (right) pose for a photograph at the National Electrical Contractors Association Barbecue held in Houston, Texas. They are both wearing Western-style shirts and cowboy hats.