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Former President Harry S. Truman holds a press conference at the Sheridan-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. He was attending the Democratic National Convention in 1956.

Former President Harry S. Truman (at podium) holds a Press Conference at the Sheridan Blackstone Hotel in Chicago where he was attending the Democratic Party Convention in 1956.

Former President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Adlai Stevenson, Democratic candidate for President, and other unidentified Party leaders at the Democratic Convention in Chicago held in August, 1956.

Hotel in Copenhagen, evidently related to the visit of the Petroleum Administrator for War (Harold Ickes).

A scene from former President Harry S. Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party at the President Hotel in Kansas City. Truman and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson are in far left background at the head table.

The head table at former President Harry S. Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party at the President Hotel in Kansas City.

Former President Harry S. Truman (at lectern), speaking at his seventy-eighth birthday party luncheon at the President Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Alongside Mr. Truman is his birthday cake. All others in photo are unidentified.

The head table, including Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (fourth from left) and former President Harry S. Truman (fifth from left), at Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party at the President Hotel in Kansas City.

The head table at former President Harry S. Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party luncheon at the President Hotel in Kansas City.

The head table at former President Harry S. Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party at the President Hotel in Kansas City.