Kings and rulers

View of the crowd watching Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (standing at podium) speak at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., during a ceremony at which she presented a carillon to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands. All others are unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (standing at podium) speaks at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., during a ceremony at which Queen Juliana of the Netherlands presented a carillon to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands. Seated in the front row, from left to right: unidentified man, Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Prince Bernhard Leopold, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana (partly obscured by post), and President Harry S. Truman. All others are unidentified.

President Truman shakes hands with Queen Juliana as Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (standing) prepares to speak at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., during a ceremony at which Queen Juliana of the Netherlands presented a carillon to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands. In the front row, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Prince Bernhard Leopold (obscured by post), First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary Chapman, and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (right side of podium).

President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaks at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., during a ceremony at which Queen Juliana of the Netherlands presented a carillon to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands. In the front row, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Prince Bernhard Leopold (obscured by post), First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right side of podium), and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman. All others are unidentified.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson (standing) speaks at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., during a ceremony at which Queen Juliana of the Netherlands presented a carillon to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands. In the front row, from left to right: Prince Bernhard Leopold, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, President Harry S. Truman, and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (right side of podium). Seated behind President Truman is General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified.

A view of the ceremonies welcoming Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and her husband Prince Bernhard Leopold to the United States. All unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman with Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., for a ceremony at which the Queen will present a carillon to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands. In the front row, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Prince Bernhard Leopold (obscured by post), First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right side of podium), and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman with Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., for a ceremony at which the Queen will present a carillon to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands. In the front row, from left to right: Prince Bernhard Leopold (obscured by post), First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right side of podium), and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman greets Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. They are at the park for a ceremonial presentation of a carillon to the people of the United States from the Netherlands. On the ground, from left to right: National Capital Parks Superintendent Edward J. Kelly, President Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (back to camera, in pinstriped suit), Prince Bernhard Leopold (wearing glasses), and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (back to camera). All others are unidentified.

Queen Juliana (right) of the Netherlands with a group of children at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C., during ceremonies marking the acceptance of a carillon as a gift from the Netherlands to the United States, presented by Queen Juliana. All others are unidentified.