Offices

President Harry S. Truman's Oval Office in the White House. This is a close-up view of President Truman's desk.

President Harry S. Truman's Oval Office in the White House, showing a view of the desk and right wall.

President Harry S. Truman's Oval Office in the White House. This is a view from behind the desk, showing the globe, the painting of George Washington in the center, and the two smaller paintings of General Jose de San Martin (left of the fireplace) and Simon Bolivar (right of the fireplace).

A space utilization photo of a building at 601 Hardesty in Kansas City Missouri - where the General Services Administration was located. This was for Charles A. Smith, and most of the negatives were forwarded to his office.

A color portrait of Senator Harry S. Truman seated at his desk in his Senate office, room 240 of the Senate Office Building. From: Secretary of the U. S. Senate, Edwin A. Halsey.

Benjamin C. Olsen poses at typewriter. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Edwin Pauley (left) and High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt during the U.S. Reparations tour. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Eben Ayers, Assistant Press Secretary, in his White House office.

Desk of President Harry S. Truman in the White House, during his term of office. From: Gentry and Voskamp, Kansas City, Missouri architects.

The President's office during Harry S. Truman's term of office.