Presidents

President Harry S. Truman receives some of the National Officers of the Future Farmers of America. From left to right are Virgil Getto, Eugene Starkey, President Harry S. Truman, J. Clyndon Stuff, Joseph E. Espey, and Marion Baumgardner. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

Admiral Ernest Joseph King (right) receives his third Distinguished Service Medal from President Harry S. Truman (left). From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman presents six Congressional Medals of Honor. From left to right in the front are Private First Class Mike Colalillo, Captain Robert Hugo Dunlap, Lieutenant Richard Miles McCool, President Truman, Sergeant Vernon McGarity, Lieutenant Frank Burke, and Master Sergeant Vito R. Bertoldo. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman, seated, meets with leaders of Kiwanis International. From left to right, standing are Ford Worthing, O.E. Peterson, Hamilton Holt, and George E. Stringfellow.

President Harry S. Truman (left) receives a Christmas gift of an oil painting of his 92 year old mother, Martha Ellen Young Truman. The portrait was delivered by Frank Land (right). From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, volume 1.

President Harry S. Truman, standing at the podium, opens the Labor and Management Conference at the Department of Labor Auditorium. On the right is Judge Walter P. Stack of the North Carolina Supreme Court. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman meets with Philippine officials at the White House. From left to right are President Harry S. Truman, President Sergio Osmena of the Philippines, Paul V. McNutt, and Carlos Romulo. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

High British Officers of wartime British Joint Staff Mission receive medals from President Harry S. Truman (center in civilian dress). From left to right in the front are Marshal Douglas Colyer, General Sir Gordon N. Macready, President Truman, Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, and Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes Somerville. From left to right in the second row are Admiral Williams D. Leahy, Admiral Ernest J. King, General George C. Marshall, General Thomas Handy, and General Ira Eaker.

President Harry S. Truman (center) presents the National Geographic Society Medal to General Henry H. Arnold (left). Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor (right), President of the National Geographic Society, looks on. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman plays in the snow on the south grounds of the White House. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 1.