Legislators

President Harry S. Truman stands on the lawn of the White House with the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion. They are facing the South Portico. From left to right: Senator Edward Martin; Senator Kenneth McKellar; Richard E. Dougherty; President Truman; Douglas Orr, American Institute of Architects; Representative Louis C. Rabaut; Representative Frank B. Keefe.

House of Representatives, 80th Congress (1947-1948). Speaker of the House Joseph Martin on rostrum.

Senator Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman pose as if working together on correspondence. Donor: Orbra E. King

Senator Harry Byrd, unidentified man, and President Harry S. Truman.

Senator Harry S. Truman and others inspecting Brewster plant for the Truman Committee. From left to right: G. F. Chapline, Vice President of Brewster Aircraft; Ralph O. Brewster, Senator from Maine; Harry S. Truman, Senator from Missouri; Harley M. Kilgore, Senator from West Virginia; Hugh Fulton, Counsel for the Truman Committee.

Senator Harry S. Truman and others at estate of Colonel William Kaul near St. Mary's, Pennsylvania with deer bagged by Vice-President John Nance Garner. From left to right: Senator Truman; Senator Clyde L. Herring; Senator Carl Hatch; Senator George Radcliffe; Polish Ambassador Count Jerzy Potocki; Senator Joseph F. Guffey; Colonel William Kaul; Vice-President Garner; Senator Sherman Minton; Senator James E. Murray. Same as 58-667.

Senator Harry S. Truman in Texas Centennial Hat. He is holding Jesse James' guns. See also 77-9 and 71-4280.

Group of Democratic Senators headed by Vice-President John Nance Garner at Washington Station. From left to right: Senator Harry S. Truman; Senator Sherman Minton; Senator Joseph Guffey; unidentified man; Vice-President Garner; Senator Clyde Herring; Senator Carl Hatch; Senator James E. Murray.

Senator Harry S. Truman and others at a meeting of the Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program (the Truman Committee). From left to right: Senator James Mead; Charles Patrick Clark, Acting Committee Attorney; Jesse Jones, witness from Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Senator Harry S. Truman; Senator Ralph O. Brewster; Senator Joseph Ball; Senator Gerald Nye, visitor. People identified in Truman's own handwriting below photo. Original autographed photo transferred to museum collection.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) is signing the National Security Act Amendment of 1949 with guests in the Oval Office. Standing, from left to right: unidentified; Senator Styles Bridges; Congressman Overton Brooks; Congressman Carl T.