Presidents

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, center), Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (foreground, left), Margaret Truman (right) await the arrival of the President of France, Vincent Auriol, and Madame Auriol during their visit to Washington, D.C. Also present are General Robert Landry (back row, left) and Admiral Robert Dennison (back row, right).

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, first from left) with French President Vincent Auriol (second from left) during Auriol's visit to Washington, D.C. Also present is First Lady Bess W. Truman (behind and to the right of President Auriol). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at the District Building in Washington, D.C. during a welcoming ceremony for French President Vincent Auriol. From left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Secretary of Defense George Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Vice President Alben Barkley, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, French President Auriol, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, and District Commissioner John R. Young.

President Harry S. Truman and his family greeting the President of France, Vincent Auriol and Madame Auriol during their visit to Washington, D.C. From left to right: Margaret Truman, General Robert Landry, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Admiral Robert Dennison, President Truman, President Auriol, Michelle (Mrs. Vincent) Auriol, General Harry Vaughan (background), French Ambassador Henri Bonnet (partly obscured), and unidentified man (holding hat).

President Harry S. Truman at the District Building in Washington, D.C. during a welcoming ceremony for French President Vincent Auriol. From left to right: Secretary of Defense George Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Vice President Alben Barkley, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, French President Auriol, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, District Commissioner John R. Young, and unidentified man. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at the District Building in Washington, D.C. during a welcoming ceremony for French President Vincent Auriol. From left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (mostly obscured), Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Secretary of Defense George Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson (behind Truman and Auriol), French President Auriol, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, and District Commissioner John R. Young. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (backseat, driver's side) French President Vincent Auriol (backseat, passenger side) and unidentified persons during a welcoming parade in Washington, D.C. for the French President.

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt with French President Vincent Auriol at her home in Hyde Park, during President Auriol's visit to the United States. From left to right: unidentified; Helle Bonnet, wife of French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; Michelle (Mrs. Vincent) Auriol; Mrs. Roosevelt; President Auriol; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman. The two men on the far left are unidentified.

French President Vincent Auriol attending a luncheon with former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in her home at Hyde Park, New York. Seated around the table, clockwise from left to right: Michelle (Mrs. Vincent) Auriol, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, unidentified woman, French President Auriol, Mrs. Roosevelt, and French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman (back to camera).

French President Vincent Auriol (right) presenting Eleanor Roosevelt (second from right) with a medal during his visit to the Roosevelt estate at Hyde Park, New York. Standing on the left is Michelle (Mrs. Vincent) Auriol. Others are unidentified.