Portraits

Portrait of President Harry S. Truman seated at a desk. Sixth in a series of nine portraits by the Hessler Studio of Washington, D. C.

Portrait of President Harry S. Truman seated at a desk. This is the fifth in a series of nine portraits of President Truman by the Hessler Studio of Washington, D. C.

Portrait of President Truman seated at a desk, pen in hand. This is the fourth in a series of nine portraits of Harry S. Truman by Hessler Studio.

Head and shoulders portrait of Harry S. Truman. This is third in the series of nine photos of Harry S. Truman by the Hessler Studio of Washington, D. C.

Charles A. Karl poses at desk. 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).

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).

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Edward P. Meisburger, friend of former President Harry S. Truman and Secretary-Treasurer of 35th Division, Battery "D", 129th Field Artillery. The photo was taken at his desk in his office during an interview by noted writer Merle Miller for the Truman television adaptation of Miller's book, "Plain Speaking," which appeared on the Public Broadcasting System in 1976.

Portrait of Mize Peters, long-time friend of former President Harry S. Truman, sitting in a chair in his office. The photo was taken at his desk in his office during an interview by noted writer Merle Miller for the Truman television adaptation of Miller's book, "Plain Speaking," which appeared on the Public Broadcasting System in 1976.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Mary Ethel Noland, cousin of former President Harry S. Truman. The photo was taken during an interview by noted writer Merle Miller for the Truman television adaption of Miller's book, "Plain Speaking," which appeared on the Public Broadcasting System in 1976.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Bluma Jacobson, wife of Eddie Jacobson, friend of former President Harry S. Truman and veteran of the 35th Division, Battery "D", 129th Field Artillery. The photo was taken during an interview by noted writer Merle Miller for the Truman television adaptation of Miller's book, "Plain Speaking," which appeared on the Public Broadcasting System in 1976.