Presidents

President Harry Truman on the left waves to the throngs of onlookers as he begins his tour of Fort Benning, Georgia. Major General Withers A. Burress, Commanding General of the Infantry Center is shown on the right. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Ga., 21 April 1950. Visit of Harry S. Truman, President of the United States."

Identified as President Harry S. Truman, standing in the center being greeted by Major General Percy W. Clarkson, Commanding General of the Third Infantry Division before a review of the troops. Standing to the left of Truman by the car door is Louis A. Johnson, Secretary of Defense. Onlookers are also in view. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Ga., 21 April 1950. Visit of Harry S. Truman, President of the United States."

President Harry S. Truman (right) and J. Russell Young, D. C. Commissioner, reading papers, in front of White House. First Lady Bess Truman is in background. President Truman's handwriting is on matte of photo saying "From Gen. S. B. Akin, Chief Signal Officer." Original photo is in autograph file in vault.

Autographed picture of Harry S. Truman, left, and members of the International Statistical Institute. They appear to be at a banquet. Stuart A. Rice is on top right. Others are unidentified.

General view of the conference table at the Potsdam Conference. This photograph is autographed on the border by Admiral Leahy, Charles Bohlen, Joseph E. Davies, President Truman, and Winston Churchill. Photos 72-4673 and 67-7587 show Winston Churchill signing this photo. This is one of four original prints in existence, photographed in color by a United States Army Signal Corps photographer using a hand-held camera. The original autographed photograph, measuring 20x24, is in the Museum collection.

Vice President Harry S. Truman being sworn in as President, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt died. Left to right: Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins; Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson; Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace; Secretary of the Navy James A. Forrestal; Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard; Attorney General Francis X. Biddle; Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.; and Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes. In foreground, Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office with Bess Truman in center and Justice Harlan Stone at right.

E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. (center), interviews President Nguyen Van Thieu (left) of South Vietnam for his television show, "News in Perspective." The interview took place in Saigon and occurred during the Vietnam Peace Negotiations. On the right is Terence Smith, Chief Correspondent of the New York Times in Vietnam.

E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. (left) looks into the camera during a television show in which he interviewed President Gamal Abdel-Nassar of Egypt. The interview took place in Cairo, Egypt.

Nguyen Van Thieu, (left) President of South Vietnam, receives direction from an unidentified man in preparation for a television interview with E. Clifton Daniel (partly obscured). The interview, which took place in Saigon during the Vietnam Peace Negotiations, was for Daniel's television show, "News in Perspective."

E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. (center) interviews President Nguyen Van Thieu (left) of South Vietnam. The interview took place in Saigon during the period of the Vietnam Peace Negotiations. On the right is Terence Smith, then chief Correspondent of the New York Times in Vietnam. The interview was filmed for Daniel's television show, "News in Perspective" in Saigon.