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Presidential campaign, 1960

Former President Harry S. Truman Plays the Piano for Senator John F. Kennedy

Former President Harry S. Truman (seated, foreground) plays the piano in the north lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Standing nearby is Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy (second from right). Also present are Tom Evans (right) and Truman Library Director Philip Brooks (background, third from left). All others are unidentified.

Former President Truman with John F. Kennedy at Muehlebach Hotel

Left to right: Senator Henry Jackson, Senator Stuart Symington, Senator John F. Kennedy, former President Harry S. Truman, and an unidentified woman in a Muehlebach Hotel suite. President Truman autographed the photo: "Best of luck to Jack Kennedy from Harry S. Truman, 8-20-60". From: Photograph copied from a pamphlet entitled "Senator John F. Kennedy Was Here, August 20, 1960." Senator Kennedy was running for President at that time.