Presidents

Conferring with his chief Advisors on International Affairs, President Harry S. Truman decided that the European Recovery Program, or the Marshall Plan, be continued on a large scale. Seated in President Truman's office from left to right are President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State George Marshall, Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul Hoffman, and Ambassador W. Averell Harriman. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and wife Bess (left) talk with an unidentified man while they are attending the dedication of the Sesquicentennial Amphitheater at Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 6.

President Harry S. Truman (center foreground) visited St. Paul, Minnesota to help celebrate "Truman Day." Standing in the first row behind him are General Robert Landry and Admiral Robert Dennison. In the second row are an unidentified man (probably a Secret Service agent), General Harry Vaughan, and General Wallace Graham. Behind Vaughan and Graham are Press Secretary Charles Ross and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

President Harry S. Truman (right) bends to hear a question from the audience while Matthew Connelly stands on the left. Both are on the back of a train as Truman tours the country. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

President Harry S. Truman and his family host members of his staff for a picnic lunch on the grounds of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Seated in the circle from left to right: General Harry Vaughan, Press Secretary Charles Ross (mostly obscured), President Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Stanley Woodward, Margaret Truman, William Hassett, Matthew Connelly, and two unidentified men. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

President Harry S. Truman (second from the right) receives a certificate from members of the Grand Lodge of the Free Ancient and Accepted Masons of Florida. The certificate is a resolution from the group, making President Truman an honorary life member and Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. President Truman received this honor while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

President Harry S. Truman (center in the black, to the left of the man in the light suit) is called upon by the members of the Grand Lodge of Florida Free Ancient and Accepted Masons as he vacations in Key West. The members themselves are unidentified, but they bestowed upon President Truman an honorary life membership and Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. From volume 5 of Matt Connelly's scrapbooks.

President Harry S. Truman poses for photographers with his family and others at the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" during the dedication of the Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park. From left to right: Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton; Margaret Truman; Carter Barron, Executive Vice Chairman of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission; President Harry S. Truman; and First Lady Bess W. Truman. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 6.

As President Harry S. Truman says goodbye and poses for photographers before boarding the presidential plane in Key West, Florida, his daughter Margaret Truman snaps a photo of him from the other angle. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman and the Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder are presented the official insignia shield of the Treasury's Defense Bond Drive, by the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association. From left to right: two unidentified men, Secretary Snyder, and President Truman. All others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 7.