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President Auriol Meets Truman Family

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, third from left) introduces President of France Vincent Auriol (foreground, third from right) to First Lady Bess W. Truman (foreground, second from left) and Margaret Truman (foreground, left). Also pictured, foreground: Madame Michelle Auriol (second from right) and John F. Simmons, Chief of Protocol (right). Background, left to right: General Robert Landry; Admiral Robert Dennison; General Harry Vaughan; and French Ambassador Henri Bonnet (partly obscured). From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Truman and Barkley Families at White House

From left to right: Vice President-elect Alben Barkley; Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt; Margaret Truman; First Lady Bess W. Truman; and President Harry S. Truman on the steps of the White House the day after President Truman won the 1948 presidential election. Standing behind Mr. Barkley and Ms. Truitt, partly obscured, are Admiral William D. Leahy and General Harry Vaughan. Standing behind President Truman, partly obscured, is Captain Robert Dennison. Standing in the background between Mrs. Truman and President Truman is Irving Geist. All others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Leahy, Truman, Nimitz, and others

President Harry S. Truman (in civilian clothes, third from right) on board the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt, posing in front of a caricature of former President Roosevelt. With him are Admiral Chester Nimitz (second from right) and Admiral William D. Leahy (fourth from right, behind Truman, partly obscured). All others are unidentified.