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Miami, Florida motorcycle police drill team in inaugural parade. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Former President Harry S. Truman, with two Los Angeles city detectives, leads newsmen on a walk on the deck of the S. S. President Cleveland. The ship stopped in Los Angeles harbor enroute to Hawaii where the former President, Bess Truman and daughter, Margaret, will vacation. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

Former President Harry S. Truman poses with Carl W. Mezo, Chief of Police of Vestos, Missouri, and his wife at the Truman Library. From: Carl Mezo

President Harry S. Truman (back to camera) shakes hands with an unidentified man after arrival at Boca Chica airport for a visit to Key West, Florida. Several other unidentified security individuals are also in the photo. From: Julia Hupp.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from left) greets some unknown visitors to the Harry S. Truman Library at the Library's North entrance. The Independence Chief of Police (not named) can be seen behind Truman entering the building. The occasion is the arrival of the "Liberty Bell Brigade" truck driven by Jackson McBride of Honolulu, Hawaii, which carries a replica of the Liberty Bell. The truck also has a sign proclaiming: "It tolls for thee. Hawaii's Liberty Bell. Help free our statehood bill. Write, wire, call your congressman." From: Anne L. Hayes.

Jackson McBride, of Honolulu, Hawaii, and the Liberty Bell Brigade truck parked at the north entrance to the Harry S. Truman Library, with an Independence, Missouri police motorcycle escort. The truck carries a replica of the Liberty Bell and a sign which reads: "It tolls for thee. Hawaii's Liberty Bell. Help free our statehood bill. Write, wire, call your congressman." McBride is stumping for statehood from the coast to Washington, D. C. From: Anne L. Hayes

Jackson McBride (left) of Honolulu, Hawaii, shakes hands with the Chief of Police of Independence, Missouri (unidentified) while standing on the "Liberty Bell Brigade" truck, parked at the north entrance to the Harry S. Truman Library. The truck carries a replica of the Liberty Bell and a sign which reads: "It tolls for thee. Hawaii's Liberty Bell. Help free our statehood bill. Write, wire, call your congressman." McBride is stumping for statehood from the coast to Washington, D. C. From: Anne L. Hayes

Crowd assembled in Hartford, Connecticut to hear President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) speak from the rear platform of a train on behalf of Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson. Motorcycle police are keeping the crowd behind wooden barriers. Donor: Reid MacCluggage, The Hartford Courant.

Former President Harry S. Truman (front row, second from right), in Monessen, Pennsylvania, for a Democratic rally supporting the Stevenson/Kefauver ticket, poses with three police officers. Representatives and labor leaders from the Pittsburgh Steel Co. are in the background. All are unidentified. From: John B. Sucevic, Safety Inspector, Pittsburgh Steel Co., Mill Office, Monessen, Pa.

From left to right, Henry Edmonds, Truman Library Director Dr. Philip Brooks, Wayne Fellows, Independence, Missouri Mayor William Sermon, and another unidentified Ford Company representative present the Chief of Police Louis Howell with safety belts for the Independence, Missouri Police Department. This event took place while the Ford Caravan across the country stopped at the Truman Library.