Presidents

President Harry S. Truman speaks from a platform filled with dignitaries during the dedication of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kentucky Dam in Gilbertsville, Kentucky. The only identified persons are General Harry Vaughan (visible over Truman's right shoulder) and Press Secretary Charles Ross (visible behind Truman).

Photograph of a Presidential staff conference in the White House office of the President. Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Clark Clifford, William Hassett, Matthew Connelly and Charles Ross. This is nearly the same photo as 70-2411 but cropped slightly different. From: Charles Ross Papers.

Portrait of President Harry S. Truman, which was used as the official campaign photo for the 1948 campaign. A favorite of the President. See also 58-486 for a better print of this photograph. Donor: Montgomery Foto Service.

A portrait of President Harry S. Truman seated at a desk. Donor: Montgomery Foto Service.

President Harry S. Truman sitting at a table, signing the Greek-Turkish Aid bill, also known as the Truman Doctrine bill. He is at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City. Donor: Montgomery Foto Service.

President Harry S. Truman and three-year-old Hedgman Smith on the campus of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. Smith is the son of William H. Smith, pharmacist at the University.

A man poses with a portrait of President Harry S. Truman. The painting is by Akira Tsukiyama and was hung in the Mayor's office in the village of Kushi, Okinawa. The man holding the portrait is probably Tsukiyama, but this is not made clear in the press release to which the photo is attached.

President William Howard Taft (standing, back row, left) posing with his wife, Helen Herron Taft (seated), and three children.

President Harry S. Truman at the Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Others in the crowd are unidentified.

Tom Clark being sworn in as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. From left to right: Tom Clark, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (in background), President Harry S. Truman, and Chief Justice Fred Vinson.