Presidential trips

An unidentified house in Fulton, Missouri, probably connected to President Truman's visit there in 1946.

President Harry S. Truman waves his hat from the door of his airplane, the "Sacred Cow," as he prepares to leave Washington's National Airport for a Christmas trip home to Independence, Missouri. This is a crop of 73-2129.

President Harry S. Truman (center, in bow tie) with Washington Governor Mon C. Wallgren (right) during his visit to the state. Behind President Truman on the left is Colonel Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman in an office, sitting in a chair with seal "The Seal of the State of Washington, 1889". Standing behind President Truman (left to right) is Governor Mon Wallgren, Lieutenant Governor Victor A. Meyers, and Senator Warren Magnuson.

President Harry S. Truman (seated on back of car) rides in an open-topped car during his West Coast Trip in Seattle, Washington. Also present, seated in the seat, is William F. Devin, Mayor of Seattle (center). All others are unidentified.

Bess Wallace Truman and Margaret Truman in a car while with President Truman in Seattle, Washington on his Western Trip. (L-R) Bess Wallace Truman; Mrs. Mabel Wallgren, wife of Washington Governor Mon C. Wallgren; Margaret Truman.

A crowd gathers around a caravan of automobiles carrying the presidential party as it leaves an airport in the Potsdam, Germany area. The planes in the background brought President Harry S. Truman and members of his advisory staff from Belgium to Potsdam for the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman is greeted as he arrived in Antwerp, Belgium en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Admiral H. R. Stark, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Ambassador Charles Sawyer, President Truman, General Dwight D. Eisenhower. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, Album #1."

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes and Captain James Foskett, commanding officer of the USS Augusta. Captain Foskett describes a pelorus to the others. They are aboard the Augusta en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, Album #1".

From left to right, Secretary of State James Byrnes, President Harry S. Truman, and Captain James H. Foskett, Commanding Officer of the USS Augusta, on board the Augusta. They are en route to the Potsdam Conference. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, album number 1".