Presidential trips

Harry S. Truman and J. Vivian Truman, his brother, entering car for ride from Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas to home in Independence. Original photograph is oversized. From: Transferred from Museum Collection in 1985.

Harry S. Truman is greeted by a crowd at Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas upon return to the area for the first time after becoming President. The airplane is the "Sacred Cow". Original photograph is oversized. From: Transferred from Museum Collection in 1985.

Harry S. Truman arrives at Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. Returning to the area for the first time after becoming President, he is greeted by a crowd including his brother, J. Vivian Truman, and daughter, Margaret. The airplane is the "Sacred Cow". Original photograph is oversized. From: Transferred from Museum Collection in 1985.

Harry S. Truman is greeted by a crowd at Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas upon his first return to the area after becoming President. Those identified are, left to right, Roger T. Sermon, Mayor of Independence, J. Vivian Truman, brother of the President, and Margaret Truman, daughter of the President. Original photograph is oversized.

Left to right: Roger T. Sermon, Mayor of Independence, J. Vivian Truman, brother of the President, Margaret Truman, daughter of the President, and President Harry S. Truman, at Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas upon Mr. Truman's first return home after becoming President. The airplane is the "Sacred Cow". Original photograph is oversized. From: Transferred from Museum Collection in 1985.

Harry S. Truman is greeted by Roger T. Sermon, Mayor of Independence, upon his first return to area after becoming President. They are at Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. The airplane is the "Sacred Cow". Original photograph is oversized. From: Transferred from Museum Collection in 1985.

Margaret and Harry S. Truman deplane at Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. This is President Truman's first return to Independence, Missouri after becoming President. Unidentified man behind them. The airplane is "Sacred Cow". Original photograph is oversized. From: Transferred from Museum Collection in 1985.

President Harry S. Truman (left) waves from the back seat of an automobile. He arrived at Idlewild (New York International) Airport for dedication ceremonies. The others  in the vehicle are unidentified. (See 76-267.) From: Stanley Valatka. Please note: This is an accurate scan of the photograph as donated, but the image is reversed horizontally.

President Harry S. Truman addressing 50,000 Boy Scouts assembled for their National Jamboree at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Walking through a chow line in the enlisted men's mess, President Truman takes bountiful helpings of steak, fried potatoes, salad and chocolate pie during his visit to the Aberdeen Proving Ground to see some of the latest developments in ground weapons and vehicles, many still top secret. From: Copied from photos lent to the Truman Library by Martha Ann Swoyer, a daughter of Vivian Truman.