Presidential trips

President Harry S. Truman view the scenery in the mountains of Washington State through a pair of binoculars. All other men in the background are unidentified. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman (right) with former business partner Eddie Jacobson in Mr. Jacobson's clothing store in the Westport area of Kansas City, Missouri. This photograph from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman is standing in a boat while on a fishing trip in Puget Sound, Washington. From left to right: George Drescher, Secret Service; Nick Bez; President Truman; Governor Mon Wallgren; and Costa Lazzaretti. From the album "Mr. President, His Family, and Friends" in Life magazine.

President Harry S. Truman (center) with Major General Harry Vaughan (left) and Captain James Vardaman (right), during President Truman's first trip home to Independence, Missouri after becoming President. The men in the background are unidentified. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family, and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman is holding a snowball and preparing to throw it during a visit to Washington State. He is standing next to a car outside a building. Other men in the background are unidentified. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family, and Friends."

From left to right, Independence, Missouri Mayor Roger Sermon, J. Vivian Truman, Press Secretary Charles Ross (slightly in the background), Margaret Truman, and President Harry Truman at Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas, on President Truman's first trip home after becoming President. All other people are unidentified. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman speaks at a podium during a visit to Omaha, Nebraska to discuss the flooding of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Seated behind him are the Governors of several states effected by the flooding of the rivers. From left to right are: Adlai Stevenson of Illinois; Norman Brunsdale of North Dakota; Val Peterson of Nebraska; Elmer Anderson of Minnesota; Sigurd Anderson of South Dakota; Walter Kohler of Wisconsin; and William Beardsley of Iowa (seated on chair on the floor). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman is in Omaha, Nebraska to meet with Governors of Midwestern states to discuss flooding conditions related to the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. From left to right: Sigurd Anderson, South Dakota; Elmer Anderson, Minnesota; Walter Kohler, Wisconsin; President Truman; Val Peterson, Nebraska; Norman Brunsdale, North Dakota; Adlai Stevenson, Illinois; and William Beardsley, Iowa.

President Harry S. Truman sits at a luncheon with governors from seven states before a conference on flood conditions. Seated on the long side of the table from left to right are: Governor Norman Brunsdale of North Dakota, Governor William Beardsley of Iowa, Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, General Curtis LeMay of the Air Force, President Truman, Governor Val Peterson of Nebraska, Governor Sigurd Anderson of South Dakota, Governor Elmer Anderson of Minnesota, and Governor Walter Kohler of Wisconsin. All others are unidentified.

A crowd gathers at the rear platform of the train to listen to President Truman (at the podium) during his trip through Nebraska. All others standing on the ground are unidentified.