Presidents

From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, President Harry S. Truman, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson at the dedication ceremonies at Arlington Memorial Bridge for the equestrian statues given to the United States by Italy.

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) speaks at the dedication ceremonies at the Arlington Memorial Bridge for the equestrian statues given to the United States by the people of Italy. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman greets Italian Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi and guests before the dedication of the equestrian statues at the Arlington Memorial Bridge. From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; President Truman; and Prime Minister De Gasperi. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of State Dean Acheson (at podium) speaks during the dedication ceremony at Arlington Memorial Bridge for the equestrian statues given to the United States by Italy. Also pictured, front row: President Harry S. Truman (left); Italian Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi (third from right); and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right). Seated in the second row of chairs on the left are Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman, General Wallace Graham (partly obscured by post), General Robert Landry, and General Harry Vaughan. All others unidentified.

An unidentified man speaks during a ceremony welcoming President Plaza of Ecuador to the United States. Pictured, front row: Secretary of State Dean Acheson (second from left); Vice President Alben Barkley (fourth from left); President Harry S. Truman (sixth from left); and President Galo Plaza (seventh from left). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman poses with celebrities and others at the rededication of the Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre to the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park. From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Edward J. Kelly, Superintendent of National Capital Parks; unidentified; dancer Gower Champion; unidentified; singer Kathryn Grayson; President Truman; dancer Marge Champion; actor Walter Pidgeon; unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman addresses the audience during the ceremony rededicating Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park as the Carter Barron Amphitheatre. Band members in the background are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman with President Galo Plaza on the steps at Blair House. From left to right: President Plaza, Luz Plaza, Mrs. Rosario Plaza, President Truman, Elsa Plaza, Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley, and Vice President Alben Barkley. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (left) meeting with Madame Chiang Kai-shek (right) in the Oval Office of the White House.

President Harry S. Truman (back seat, right), President of Ecuador Galo Plaza Lasso (back seat, left), and others depart Washington National Airport in President Truman's limousine. Also pictured, General Harry Vaughan (in military uniform). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook