Presidents

President Harry S. Truman's first address to Congress.

Close up of President Harry S. Truman's first address to Congress.

President Harry S. Truman's first address to Congress.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at podium) announces the settlement of the rail strike to members of the House and the Senate. Seated behind Truman are Senator Walter F. George (left) and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman stands outside the Capitol after addressing a joint session of Congress. Front row (l-r): Secretary of State George C. Marshall; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; President Harry S. Truman. Second row (l-r): Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Attorney General Tom C. Clark; Press Secretary Charles Ross.

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Truman greet ladies in a receiving line at unidentified reception, probably in the Washington, D.C. area. President Truman is shaking hands with an unidentified woman who is an Army Technician, third class. There is an unidentified women standing beside the Trumans, second from left. Transferred from museum collection 10/2009.

United States Ambassadors visit the President of the Republic of Korea, Syngman Rhee. From left to right: William Sebald, Political Adviser to the Supreme Commanders for the Allied Powers, Japan; John J. Muccio, United States Ambassador to Korea; President Rhee; and Philip C. Jessup, United States Ambassador-at-Large.

United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup (left) shaking hands with the President of the Republic of Korea, Syngman Rhee (right).

United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup meeting with the President of the Republic of Korea Syngman Rhee. From left to right Ambassador Jessup, unidentified man (standing), President Rhee, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Korea John J. Muccio, and Political Adviser for Japan William J. Sebald.

United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup (second from right) shaking hands with the President of the Republic of Korea, Syngman Rhee (second from left). Also pictured are United States Ambassador to the Republic of Korea John J. Muccio (left). All others are unidentified.