Presidents

Computer photo in color of President Harry S. Truman (center in blue suit) greeting General Douglas MacArthur (next to Truman) on Wake Island when they met there on Oct. 15, 1950. The other people are unidentified, although the donor stated that Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and General Omar Bradley are in the picture. The picture was taken by Edward E. Swofford who was Station Operations Manager at Wake Island for Pan American World Airways at that time. The photo was copied from a slide that had not been stored adequately and had deteriorated from the humid salt air.

Framed photo on a table of a smiling President Harry S. Truman. In front of the photo are two Dewey buttons and a small figurine of an elephant lying on its side. A message was written on the back by Mrs. Arend Cude-Verveen wishing the President well on his Whistlestop trip. From: Mr. and Mrs. Arend Cude-Verveen.

President Harry S. Truman, behind the podium, addresses a crowd on hand to greet President Romulo Gallegos (at President Truman's right) of Venezuela, upon his arrival at Washington National Airport aboard the Independence. The Venezuelan Chief Executive will accompany President Truman Sunday morning to Bolivar, Missouri, where a statue of Simon Bolivar, the father of his country, will be unveiled. (See also 73-2650 thru 2662.) From: Papers of Harry W. Frantz, Box 5, Folder "Aut 48"

Cropped photo of President Harry S. Truman waving his hat as he exits the presidential plane. General Harry Vaughan, his military aide, is at left. The man standing in the background is unidentified. The photograph is from the Fort Lewis Sentinel in Fort Lewis, Washington.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and his daughter Margaret Truman voting.

President Harry S. Truman (on left in foreground) at the Auditorium of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri. This is his first trip back to Independence since becoming President. Seated in the front row, far left is Major General Harry Vaughan and Captain James K. Vardaman.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, third from left) and Margaret Truman voting in Independence, Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and his daughter Margaret Truman voting in Independence, Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman (center, holding book), Independence, Missouri Mayor Robert Weatherford (center, in bowtie), and others at the Jackson County Library. At left is Rev. Herbert E. Duncan, Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge, Pastor of the First Congregational Church of Kansas City. Others in the photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center, holding book), Independence, Missouri Mayor Robert Weatherford (second from right, in bowtie), and others at the Jackson County Library, Missouri. Left, Rev. Herbert E. Duncan, Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge, Pastor of First Congregational Church, Kansas City.