Presidents

President Harry S. Truman (left) talking with James O'Neill (right), National Commander of the American Legion. This is O'Neill's first meeting with the President since election as Legion Commander at the New York convention.

President Harry S. Truman holding a motion picture camera with two hands and looking through the lens. Photographers are in the background. The president was given this movie camera as a gift by the White House Photographers Association and he used it to take movies of the members of the press on the South Lawn of the White House.

President Harry S. Truman (left) with Charles Luckman (right), Chairman of the Citizens Food Committee. President Truman addressed the nation via television on the need to conserve food to send to Europe. This marked the first time that television cameras entered the White House to televise an event.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, center, in white suit) surrounded by an unidentified group on the White House Lawn.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman greeting Secretary of State George C. Marshall, Senator Arthur Vandenberg, and Warren Austin just arriving from a plane.

President Harry S. Truman is sitting at his desk signing the House Resolution 3309, "Act to amend the Organic Act of Puerto Rico." Standing behind President Truman are Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (third from the right); the Governor of Puerto Rico, Jesus T. Pinero (second from the right); and the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, Dr. Antonio Fernos-Isern (right).

Matthew Connelly, Appointment Secretary for President Harry S. Truman (left), handing President Truman some documents.

President Harry S. Truman sitting behind a desk is signing document of, "Promotion and Elimination of Officers in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corp." Standing, from left to right: Col. Joseph Knighton, Frank Schuyler, Commander D.L. Martineau, Captain S.S. Bowling, Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague, Brigadier General J.E. Dahlquist, Lieutenant Colonel G.E. Baya, Brigadier General J.E. Upston, and Colonel F.H. Miller.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shaking hands with Edmond Gong, "Boy President" from the American Legion Boys Forum.

President Harry S. Truman greeting George C. Marshall, Arthur Vandenberg, and Warren Austin just arriving from a plane.