Presidents

President Harry S. Truman (walking down center) reviews sailors on board the USS Missouri. President Truman is on board the USS Missouri as he returns to the United States from a official visit to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center left) with President of Brazil Eurico Gaspar Dutra (center right) are standing as they review a Brazilian Independence Day parade. Standing on the left of President Truman is First Lady Bess W. Truman. Margaret Truman is second from the left, waving. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) uses a captured German saber to cut into a 125 pound watermelon given to him by Ernie Ahrenfeldt of Little Rock, Arkansas (left). This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family, and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman (right) greets his mother, Martha Ellen Truman (center), and sister, Mary Jane Truman (left), at the airport in Washington, D. C. upon their arrival from Independence, Missouri. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman dines with a group of dignitaries and members of his staff in Independence, Missouri. Seated left to right are an unidentified man, Matthew Connelly, Captain James Vardaman, Mayor of Independence Roger Sermon, President Harry S. Truman, Press Secretary Charles Ross, an unidentified man (mostly obscured), and General Harry Vaughan. This dinner took place at the home of Mayor Sermon. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

From left to right, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Margaret Truman are standing in front of their home in Independence, Missouri. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman meets with Democratic Party Senators in the Oval Office, shortly after becoming President. First row (seated): unidentified; Glen H. Taylor. Second row (kneeling): two unidentified men; Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Dennis Chavez; Sheridan Downey; Warren Magnuson; and Claude Pepper. Third row: Carl Hatch; Joseph Guffey; unidentified; Allen Ellender; Kenneth McKellar; President Truman; Theodore Bilbo; Pat McCarran; Josiah Bailey; and Peter Gerry.

President Harry S. Truman view the scenery in the mountains of Washington State through a pair of binoculars. All other men in the background are unidentified. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman (left) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (right) are waving to an unseen group of people. The man standing behind Bess, partly obscured, is Naval Aide Captain James Vardaman. Others in the background are unidentified. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman (right) with former business partner Eddie Jacobson in Mr. Jacobson's clothing store in the Westport area of Kansas City, Missouri. This photograph from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."