Presidential trips

President Harry S. Truman (with binoculars), daughter Margaret, and Bess Truman stand on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri, witnessing the firing of five salvos from turret one of the ship's main battery during the return trip from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Norfolk, Virginia. (See also 69-325 and 92-2.) From: Truman Home.

Aboard the U.S.S. Missouri carrying President Harry S. Truman home from Brazil, pollywog Merriman Smith, newsman, stands watch for Davy Jones, emissary of King Neptune, during shellback ceremonies for those crossing the equator for the first time. From: Truman Home.

Aboard the U.S.S. Missouri during shellback ceremonies for those crossing the equator for the first time, a "pollywog" is pitched backwards into the Royal Tank where he is dunked by participating sailors. The ship is carrying President Harry S. Truman back from Brazil. From: Truman home.

Aboard the U.S.S. Missouri during shellback ceremonies for those crossing the equator for the first time, a "pollywog" is pitched into the Royal Tank where he is dunked by participating sailors. The ship is carrying President Harry S. Truman back from Brazil. From: Truman Home.

Aboard the U.S.S. Missouri on a return trip from Brazil, pollywog Merriman Smith (a newsman) is pitched backwards from a teetering chair into the Royal Tank where he is dunked by sailors anointed with a greasy concoction, during ceremonies for those crossing the equator for the first time. (See also 66-1325.) From: Truman Home.

A volunteer walks down "shillalah alley," a 60-foot double line of shellbacks armed with stuffed canvas billies, as they prepare to whack the pollywogs (those crossing the equator for the first time), a punishment meted out by the Royal Court during ceremonies held aboard the U.S.S. Missouri carrying President Harry S. Truman from Brazil to the U.S.A. (See also 66-1273.) From: Truman Home.

The crew of the USS Missouri, docked at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is at the "man-the-rail" position as they await the arrival of President Harry S. Truman after he spoke at the Rio Inter-American Defense Conference. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of his railroad car, the "Ferdinand Magellan," on the occasion of his trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Army-Navy football game. From left to right: unidentified, Philadelphia Mayor Bernard Samuel, Pennsylvania Governor James Duff, President Truman, unidentified, and Senator Francis J. Myers.

President Harry S. Truman in the stands at the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Seated in the first row, left to right: unidentified woman, President Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. In the second row are, from left to right: unidentified man (standing), Admiral Robert Dennison, General Harry Vaughan, and General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (third from the left) and Mrs. Bess Truman (second from the left) in the stands at the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All others are unidentified.