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Trumans at Baseball Game

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman and others standing for the National Anthem at a baseball game. First row, left to right: Reathel Odum; First Lady Bess W. Truman; President Harry S. Truman; and Admiral William Leahy. Second row: Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (third from left); and William Hassett, Correspondence Secretary to the President (fourth from left). Standing in the third row, directly behind Admiral Leahy is Senator Arthur Vandenberg. All others unidentified.

Truman at Baseball Game

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman (standing, left) as he throws out a baseball from the crowd during a baseball game. Also pictured: First Lady Bess W. Truman (first row, left). Standing beside President Truman is Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators. Seated on the right in the front row is Charles Ross, President Truman's Press Secretary. Seated behind Mr. Ross is Major General Harry Vaughan, President Truman's military aide. All others unidentified.

Truman at Baseball Game

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman (standing, left) shakes hands with a player during a baseball game. Also pictured: First Lady Bess W. Truman (first row, left); Admiral William Leahy (first row, right); and Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (second row, between Mrs. and President Truman). All others unidentified.

President Truman Announces Japanese Surrender

President Harry S. Truman (standing at desk) announces the surrender of Japan to reporters assembled in the Oval Office. Seated on couch, left to right: Reathel Odum; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Samuel Rosenman, Special Counsel; and John W. Snyder, Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Also pictured: Secretary of State James Byrnes (behind President Truman, right). Journalist Vivianne Lovell of Agence France-Presse stands in the striped dress in the front row, center of the reporters. Signed by President Truman and John Snyder.

President Auriol Receives Gift

President Vincent Auriol of France examines an album of color photographs depicting scenes of National Parks given to him by President Harry S. Truman. Pictured, left to right: President Truman; French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; President Auriol; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. Special Assistant to the President W. Averell Harriman standing at left. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman Returns to the USS Sarsfield After Visiting Fort Jefferson

President Harry S. Truman (in white cap), Admiral William Leahy (right) and administrative Assistant to the President David Lloyd (behind Truman) on the way back to the USS Sarsfield. They are returning to the Sarsfield after a visit to the Fort Jefferson National Monument, while on vacation in Key West, Florida.