Presidents

President Harry S. Truman (center, behind podium) speaks at a Flag Day celebration in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. Armed forces officers and naval officers, and other civilians are seated behind the President. From the Scrapbook of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman holds a press conference on the lawn of the "Little White House," his vacation quarters at Key West, Florida. Standing behind President Truman are various members of his staff, including William Hassett (third from left), Colonel Robert Landry (fourth from left), Eben Ayers (sixth from left, behind Truman), Clark Clifford (behind Truman, partly obscured), Admiral William Leahy (eighth from left), and Major General Harry Vaughan (ninth from left, wearing t-shirt). All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman smiles as he takes the podium at a Flag Day celebration in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. Standing behind President are General Mark Clark (right), Admiral Chester Nimitz (second from right), and San Francisco Mayor Elmer Robinson (third from right). All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman meets with the Governor of Puerto Rico and others on the terrace of the Jagueyes Hotel in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. From left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Governor Jesus T. Pinero, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug and President of the Puerto Rican Senate Luis Munoz Marin. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman (far right) enters onto the stage as generals salute and the band plays at the Flag Day ceremony in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. Standing in the front row on the right side of the podium are San Francisco Mayor Elmer Robinson, Admiral Chester Nimitz, and General Mark Clark. Also present is General Wallace Graham (second row near center, behind two empty chairs) and Admiral Robert Dennison (second row, just over the shoulder of General Clark). All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

Staff Sergeant Eugene List (right), presents a copy of sheet music that he played at the Potsdam Conference to President Harry S. Truman (left). He played the piano at a dinner that President Truman hosted for Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Marshal Joseph Stalin and other Allied leaders.

President Harry S. Truman waves as he boards his plane to depart Boca Chica, Florida for Washington, D. C. He traveled to Florida for a vacation at the "Little White House" in Key West. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with one of the Marines who guarded the Little White House in Key West, Florida during Mr. Truman's vacation. President Truman reviewed the soldiers before he returned to Washington, D. C. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman (back seat, driver's side) and Governor William Hastie (back seat, passenger side) are seated in their automobile at "Drake's Seat," a promontory overlooking Magens Bay, on the island of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Truman visited St. Thomas during a vacation cruise of the area. The driver of the car is unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with George E. Allen (right), who resigned from his post as Director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. His successor, John D. Goodloe, stands in the center. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 2.