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Truman addressing Congress

President Harry S. Truman as he addressed the Joint Session of the Special Session of the 80th Congress. This is the session that he stated he would call during his speech at the Democratic National Convention. Seated behind President Truman are Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (Republican-Michigan), President Pro Tempore of the Senate (left), and Representative Joseph W. Martin (Republican-Massachusetts), Speaker of the House (right).

Truman signs U.N. Loan Bill

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs a bill authorizing a $65,000,000 loan for construction of a permanent United Nations Headquarters in New York City. At the White House ceremony are, from left to right: Secretary of State George C. Marshall; Trygve Lie, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Byron Price, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations; New York City Mayor William O'Dwyer; Representative Charles A. Eaton; Warren Austin, United States Representative to the United Nations; Senator Tom Connally; and Representative Sol Bloom.

Truman family Standing on Board the Williamsburg

3.8" x 5.9" black-and-white group photo of the extended Truman family standing on board the U.S.S. Williamsburg. The photo faces toward the bow. In the back row, left to right are: Madge Gates Wallace, Fred Wallace, May Wallace, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, Frank Wallace, Mary Jane Truman, and Christine Wallace. In the front row, left to right, are: David Wallace, Bess Truman, Marian Truman, and Natalie Wallace.

Truman family on board the U.S.S. Williamsburg

Group photo of the extended Truman family on board the presidential yacht Williamsburg. The photo faces toward the stern. On the left, from top to bottom, are Frank Wallace, Natalie Wallace, and Madge Gates Wallace. On the far right is President Harry S. Truman, seated, and to his right are his daughter Margaret and wife Bess. Directly behind them is George Wallace, and to Bess Truman's right is Fred Wallace. In the center are David Wallace, seated, while his sister Marian is to his right.