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Publicity Director of the Democratic National Committee John Redding (seated, right) speaking to representatives of the National Diet of Japan. All others are unidentified.

Publicity Director of the Democratic National Committee John Redding (second from right) speaking to a group of representatives of the National Diet of Japan and showing them a donkey statue. All others are unidentified.

Publicity Director of the Democratic National Committee John Redding (second from right) speaking to representatives of the National Diet of Japan at the National Headquarters of the Democratic Party. All others are unidentified.

Publicity Director of the Democratic National Committee John Redding (second from right) speaking to representatives of the National Diet of Japan and showing them a donkey statue. All others are unidentified.

Publicity Director of the Democratic National Committee John Redding (seated, right) speaking to representatives of the National Diet of Japan. All others are unidentified.

Publicity Director of the Democratic National Committee John Redding (second from right) speaking to representatives of the National Diet of Japan and showing them a donkey statue. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman, Vice-President Alben Barkley, and other notable Democrats are shown in this oversized photo taken at the Democratic National Finance Committee at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. Other prominent Democrats in the photograph include Clark Clifford, General Harry Vaughan, John W. Snyder and Press Secretary Charles Ross. ORIGINAL IS IN OVESIZED FILE

Left to right: Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and former President Harry S. Truman appearing to leave a hotel en route to a luncheon with Democratic National Chairman Stephen Mitchell (not pictured). See also 95-125-1 and 2 and 68-1515. Transferred from museum collection 10/2009.

Left to right: Unidentified man, Bess Truman, and Stuart Symington stand in grass at a Democratic picnic held at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri. From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman, standing at the head of the table, attends a luncheon with unidentified members of the Woman's Democratic Club at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. The table is decorated with a miniature "parade float" featuring Harry Truman and the State of Missouri. From: Truman Home.