Parades

Harry S. Truman stands in open car and waves to crowd during welcome home parade in Kansas City. Margaret Truman, his daughter, and J. Vivian Truman, his brother, are riding with the President. This is his first trip to area after becoming President. Original photograph is oversized. From: Transferred from Museum Collection in 1985.

Snapshot of President Harry S. Truman and others on the reviewing stand as a parade goes by at the 35th Division annual reunion in Springfield, Missouri. Those who can be identified are, left to right, President Harry S. Truman (in light suit), Governor Forrest Smith, Mary Jane Truman, and General A.D. Sheppard. From: Carol M. Klingberg.

A costumed man walks down a street in Harlem, New York for the West Indies Day Parade.

Unidentified members of the West Indies Day Parade in Harlem, New York relax while the parade stops.

A car with a giant photo of President Harry S. Truman and unofficial Mayor of Harlem, Sherman Hibbitt drives down a street in Harlem, New York for the West Indian Day Parade. The car is driven by Frederick S. Weaver, the Director of Public Relations for the Community of Harlem. On the side of the car is a sign that says "A Vote for Truman is a Vote for Civil Rights." Hibbitt and Truman had met at the White House a few weeks before the parade, when the mounted photo was taken.

An automobile driving down a street in Harlem, New York for the West Indies Day Parade. The people in the car are unidentified.

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.

Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus (in dark suit) ascending stairs to reviewing stand during the 35th Division Reunion parade in Little Rock, Arkansas. The soldiers accompanying him are unidentified. Donor: Ralph P. Greathouse, N. Little Rock, Arkansas.

Snapshot of President Harry S. Truman greeting people from the second car in his 1949 Inaugural parade, flanked by a line of Secret Service men on each side. Donor: Mrs. G. R. Greene.

Group of dignitaries and soldiers standing on a reviewing stand during the 35th Division Reunion ceremonies in Little Rock, Arkansas. Those who can be identified are former President Harry S. Truman (third from the right), retired Major General Ralph E. Truman (cousin of former President Truman, second from right), and Warren Osgood (right). Donor: Ralph P. Greathouse, N. Little Rock, Arkansas.