Presidential residences

Official Cabinet photograph with autographs. Left to Right: Krug, Sawyer, Barkley, Tobin, Brannan, Donaldson, Forrestal, Acheson, Truman, Snyder and Clark. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Diagram view of Blair House, scene of the attempt on President Truman's life. Floyd Boring, Secret Service Agent, shot and critically wounded Oscar Collazo and the latter fell at the foot of Blair House steps. Griselio Torresola, co-conspirator, was shot and killed, falling over a hedge beside the entrance to the Lee House (adjoining Blair House). Donald Birdzell, White House policeman, ran to the car tracks to draw the gunfire away from Blair House. Donor: Philadelphia Inquirer.

Extraordinary measures are being taken to protect President Harry S. Truman after yesterday's suicidal attempt by two Puerto Rican fanatics to shoot their way into Blair House. The guard at the home has been doubled and additional police are patrolling the Pennsylvania Avenue block. This view from across the street shows White House police stationed at strategic vantage points.

From left to right, Press Secretary Charles Ross, President Harry S. Truman, and William Hassett on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Written on back of snapshot, in Margaret Truman's handwriting: "Dad, Charlie (Mr. Ross) and the 'Bishop' (Mr. Hassett) in yard of Little White House - Key West, Nov. 29th, 1949."

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman upon their return to the newly renovated White House, reopened to the First Family after three years of repair and reconstruction. From left to right: Usher Charles Claunch, President Truman, Chief Usher Howell G. Crim (partly obscured), Mrs. Truman, Chief Butler Alonzo Fields, Assistant to the Chief Usher J. B. West, Project Manager for Public Buildings, William Kelley, and Jess Larson, General Services Administration.

Northeast view in the Lincoln Room, after renovation of the White House. Congressional members and wives are examining the large Lincoln Bed.

View from window G-3 to west wall of the White House, showing progress in installation of permanent interior steel work.

Northeast view of White House during renovation. The Seneca stone blocks of the wall leading from the portico to the northeast corner of the building were removed and the marked blocks stored on the lawn.

Mayor John B. Gage of Kansas City, MO, an old friend of President Truman called on the Chief Executive at the White House and said he found him "completely unchanged". From: Beth Gore.

On a farm wagon at the Truman farm in Grandview, Missouri - left to right: Mary Jane Truman, sister of Harry S. Truman; Harry S. Truman; Martha Young Truman, mother of Harry S. Truman; Myra Colgan, cousin of Harry S. Truman; J. Vivian Truman, brother of Harry S. Truman; and Nellie Tilford Noland, cousin of Harry S. Truman. Donated by Mary Ethel Noland