President Truman with his mother, Mrs. Martha Truman
Mrs. Martha Truman, the President's mother, tells him "Be a good boy, Harry" just as he prepares to leave Kansas City, Missouri by plane after his first visit home after becoming president.
Potsdam Conference, 1945
Truman's handwriting on the back of a Potsdam photograph describing telling Stalin about the atomic bomb
Harry S. Truman's handwriting on the back of a photograph of the Potsdam Conference area, accession number 63-1456-46: "In which I tell Stalin we expect to drop the most powerful explosive ever made on the Japanese. He smiled and said he appreciated my telling him--but he did not know what I was talking about--the Atomic Bomb! HST". See also 62-769 and 769A for negatives." From Potsdam album, 1945
Sergeant Royer, chief telephone operator at the Potsdam Conference
Staff Sergeant Edith Royer, chief telephone operator of the switchboard at U. S. headquarters in Babelsburg, Germany during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.
Major General Deane at Potsdam
Major General John R. Deane arrives at conference home of United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union Averell Harriman. From Potsdam album, 1945.
Grounds of the Little White House during Potsdam Conference
View of the grounds of the "Little White House," the residence of President Harry S. Truman in Babelsberg, Germany during the Potsdam Conference. An unidentified soldier stands on guard. From Potsdam album, 1945.
Private Bellon and Sergeant Scott test phone lines at the Potsdam Conference
Private First Class Gladys Bellon and Sergeant Robert Scott test phone lines in the frame room of the switchboard at the U. S. headquarters at the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.
Sergeant Robitaille, switchboard supervisor at the Potsdam Conference
Staff Sergeant Lorraine Robitaille, switchboard supervisor at the United States headquarters at the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.
Main entrance to Cecilienhof estate
Main entrance to Cecilienhof estate, site of the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.
Colonel Jones greets Robert Murphy at airport
Colonel Murray Jones, Commanding Officer of American Operations at Gatow Airport, Berlin, Germany, greets Mr. Robert Murphy of the U. S. State Department, upon Mr. Murphy's arrival for the Potsdam Conference., From Potsdam album, 1945.
Women's Army Corps telephone operators at Potsdam
Women's Army Corps telephone operators at the Potsdam Conference. From left to right are: Private First Class G. Vanhouten, Private Ella M. Hinkee, Sergeant G. Bielske, Private First Class Emma Latham, Private First Class Betty McClure, and Private First Class Erna Gundrum. From Potsdam album, 1945