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Truman Receiving Key to the Newly Renovated White House

President Harry S. Truman (center) holding up a gold key to the newly renovated White House, reopened to the First Family after three years of repair work. In the background, from left to right are: Howell G. Crim, Chief Usher; First Lady Bess Wallace Truman; J. B. West, Assistant to the Chief Usher; Wilson Searles, Usher; William Kelley, Project Manager, Public Buildings; and Jess Larson, General Services Administration.

President Harry S. Truman at the Monument to the "Heroes of Chapultepec" in Mexico

President Harry S. Truman and an unidentified man stand next to a wreath which President Truman placed at the base of the monument to the "Heroes of Chapultepec" in memory of "Ninos Heroes," commemorating a dramatic incident in the Mexican-American war. (See also 69-361, 66-3165, 2002-208, 2002-209, and 2002-210.) From: Truman Home.

Truman with aviators

President Truman greeting crew members from an around-the-world flight in the Oval Office. From left to right: flight engineer T. Carroll Sallee, Captain William P. Odom, President Truman, and business Milton Reynolds, who helped sponsor the trip.