Presidents

President Harry S. Truman (left), the Shah of Iran (center), and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (right) at a banquet in honor of the Shah's visit to the United States.

From left to right, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and the Shah of Iran in a receiving line at a dinner given in honor of the Shah's visit to the United States.

President Harry S. Truman receiving a birthday cake at his desk in the Oval Office from White House receptionist William Simmons, in honor of his sixty-seventh birthday.

From left to right, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Harry S. Truman, the Shah of Iran, and an unidentified dignitary in a receiving line at a dinner given in honor of the Shah's visit to the United States.

President Harry S. Truman (left) talks to the Shah of Iran (center) at a banquet given in honor of the Shah's visit to the United States. First Lady Bess W. Truman is on the right.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, third from left), Secretary of State Dean Acheson (front row, left), City Commissioner John R. Young (front row, sixth from left) and other unidentified dignitaries listening to a speech being given by the Shah of Iran (at podium). The Shah had just arrived for a State Visit to Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) shaking hands with the Shah of Iran (foreground, right) at a ceremony welcoming the Shah to Washington, D.C. Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left), and Washington, D.C. Commissioner John Russell Young (right, next to the Shah) and other unidentified dignitaries look on.

President Harry S. Truman (third from right), Secretary of State Dean Acheson (second from left), the Shah of Iran (second from right), Washington, D.C. Commissioner John R. Young (right) and other unidentified dignitaries at ceremonies welcoming the Shah to Washington, during his visit to the United States.

President Harry S. Truman (center), the Shah of Iran (second from right), Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left), Commissioner of Washington, D.C. John R. Young (front row, left) and other unidentified dignitaries standing at attention during ceremonies welcoming the Shah to Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman (center, wearing hat), Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left, with moustache), and other dignitaries at the airport for the arrival of the Shah of Iran. General Harry Vaughan is on the far left. Others are unidentified.