Legislators

Left to right: Senator Henry Jackson, Senator Stuart Symington, Senator John F. Kennedy, former President Harry S. Truman, and an unidentified woman in a Muehlebach Hotel suite. President Truman autographed the photo: "Best of luck to Jack Kennedy from Harry S. Truman, 8-20-60". From: Photograph copied from a pamphlet entitled "Senator John F. Kennedy Was Here, August 20, 1960." Senator Kennedy was running for President at that time.

Event is identified as the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) dinner for Congressional vets. According to Robert Goodwin's diary he attended and it was held at the Statler [Hotel] in the Presidential Room. Those in view are not identified.

Matthew Connelly (left), Appointment Secretary to President Harry S. Truman, accepts a sack of potatoes from Senator Francis J. Myers (right), as Nina Herschner (center) looks on. Ms. Herschner is the Pennsylvania Potato Blossom Queen and from Felton, Pennsylvania.

President Harry S. Truman meets with the Governor of Puerto Rico and others on the terrace of the Jagueyes Hotel in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. From left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Governor Jesus T. Pinero, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug and President of the Puerto Rican Senate Luis Munoz Marin. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman delivers his State of the Union Address to the members of the 80th Congress. All others are unidentified. From: scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 3.

George C. Marshall (left) is taking the oath for the position of Secretary of State, as President Harry S. Truman (center, background) looks on. Marshall is sworn in by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (right). Visible in the background behind President Truman are, from left to right: Senator Arthur Vandenburg (partially obscured by Marshall's shoulder), Rear Admiral James Foskett, Major General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom Clark. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

President Harry S. Truman (center) delivers the State of the Union Address to the members of the 80th Congress from the rostrum. Seated behind President Truman are Senator Arthur Vandenberg (left) and Speaker of the House Joseph Martin. All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

A closeup of President Harry S. Truman delivering the State of the Union Address to the members of Congress. In the background is President Pro Tempore of the Senate Arthur H. Vandenberg (left) and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin (right). From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

Sitting at his desk in the Oval Office, President Harry S. Truman (center) is shaking hands with President Pro Tempore of the Senate Arthur H. Vandenberg (left) and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin Jr. (right). From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

Senator Harry S. Truman leaning into a car talking to his mother, Martha Ellen Truman, in Lamar, Missouri. He is going to accept the vice presidential nomination of the Democratic party in a celebration in his birthplace of Lamar.