Presidents

President Harry S. Truman eats lunch with farmers in Dexter, Iowa at the National Plowing Contest. President Truman (center) is seated with Howard Walker of Dexter, Iowa (left), and Ralph Mortimer of Dallas Center, Iowa (right). Mr. Truman made a campaign speech at the Plowing Match before sitting down to lunch. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (front left) going into the New York City Hall with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (right) during the celebration of Navy Day. George Drescher, Chief of the White House Secret Service, to the left. Major General Harry Vaughan is the third person behind La Guardia on the stairs. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman greets supporters from the rear of the presidential train in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania during the 1948 presidential campaign. All others are unidentified. from the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech in Chicago, Illinois during the 1948 presidential campaign. Others in the background are unidentified. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman delivers a campaign speech during a visit to Denver, Colorado. Others are unidentified. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman's delivers his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is a photo of a television screen showing President Truman speaking. Others in the background are unidentified. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

Reporters quickly exit the room to file stories after a press conference during President Harry S. Truman's vacation trip to Key West, Florida. President Harry S. Truman (standing in front of fireplace, in suit) stops to chat with one of the men. Standing behind President Truman is Press Secretary Joseph Short and Correspondence Secretary William Hassett. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (third from the left) looks out over the New York Harbor from the destroyer Renshaw on Navy Day. In the background is the USS Missouri giving off a salute to the President. Also pictured is First Lady Bess Truman (to the right of her husband) and Admiral Jonas Ingram (left). Other people in the photograph are unidentified.

All hands turn out to welcome Press Secretary Charles Ross and Matthew Connelly to Key West, Florida. From left to right: Donald Dawson, Wallace Graham, Charles Ross (back to camera), Harry Vaughan (wearing long-sleeved shirt, obscured by Connelly), Matthew Connelly (facing right), unidentified man in striped shirt, Margaret Truman, unidentified man, John Steelman (mostly obscured by Truman), President Harry S. Truman, General Robert Landry, Governor Mon Wallgren, and Admiral Robert Dennison.

From left to right, First Lady Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and President Harry S. Truman are greeted by Captain Cecil Adell as they step off the plane at the Boca Chica airport in Florida. The President and family will continue on to Key West to begin their vacation. Visible in the background, second from the right, is Press Secretary Charles Ross. All others are unidentified.