Photograph of Captain W. M. Meyers of Long Beach, California. Signed: "To Pres. Truman, With all the good wishes, Capt. W.M. Meyers." Mr. Meyers sent a recording of a speech he made supporting President Truman's 1948 election to President Truman.
Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky looks like the Democratic National Convention's unanimous choice for Vice-President. At 70, he has spent half his life in Congress and is a loyal Democrat and party workhorse. The gray-haired Kentuckian is a widower with three children. This is a new portrait of Mr. Barkley. From: Beth Gore.
Portrait photo of physicist Robert F. Bacher, named by President Harry S. Truman on October 28th to serve on the new Atomic Energy Commission. From: Beth Gore.