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Left to right: Roger T. Sermon, Mayor of Independence, J. Vivian Truman, brother of the President, Margaret Truman, daughter of the President, and President Harry S. Truman, at Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas upon Mr. Truman's first return home after becoming President. The airplane is the "Sacred Cow". Original photograph is oversized. From: Transferred from Museum Collection in 1985.

Harry S. Truman is greeted by Roger T. Sermon, Mayor of Independence, upon his first return to area after becoming President. They are at Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. The airplane is the "Sacred Cow". Original photograph is oversized. From: Transferred from Museum Collection in 1985.

Former President Harry S. Truman looks back at the camera at a press conference at the Sherman House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, where he also attended the grand banquet at the 40th annual convention of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, which sponsored the event. On Truman's right is Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, and on his left is the head of the AHEPA (name unknown). (original negative) From: Credit John McDonough

Former President Harry S. Truman (center), Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (left), and the head of the AHEPA (right - name not known) hold a press conference. The event is sponsored by the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association and held at the Sherman House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, where Truman attended the grand banquet at AHEPA's 40th annual convention. (original negative) From: Credit John McDonough

Former President Harry S. Truman (center), Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (left), and the head of the AHEPA (right - name not known) hold a press conference. The event is sponsored by the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association and held at the Sherman House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, where Truman attended the grand banquet at AHEPA's 40th annual convention. (original negative) From: Credit John McDonough.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (center) attend a grand banquet at the 40th annual convention of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) in the Old Chicago Room of the Sherman House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. Others in the photograph are unidentified. (original negative) From: Credit John McDonough.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (left) attend the grand banquet of the 40th annual convention of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) in the Old Chicago Room of the Sherman House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois (original negative) From: Credit John McDonough.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (left) at the grand banquet of the 40th annual convention of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) in the Old Chicago Room of the Sherman House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. (original negative) From: Credit John McDonough.

Snapshot of former President Harry S. Truman (right) in Portland, Oregon, with Mayor Fred L. Peterson in the back seat of an automobile. They are riding in the 47th annual Rose Festival Floral Parade.

President Harry S. Truman delivering a speech at the University of Kansas City campus in Kansas City, Missouri, on the 50th anniversary of the Kansas City School of Law. Mayor Jack Gage is in the picture on the left, although it is not known which man he is. From: Rollin C. Goodale.