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President Harry S. Truman with Celebrities at the 1949 Inaugural Gala

Inaugural party with program by movie stars and others. Left to Right: Edgar Bergen, Joan Davis, Lena Horne, Margaret O'Brien, George Jessel, unidentified, Dorothy Maynor, unidentified, unidentified, President Harry S. Truman, Alice Faye, Phil Regan, unidentified woman (partly obscured), Lucy Monroe, unidentified man, Jane Powell, Kathryn DeWitt, Gene Kelly. This photograph is from the Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

Winston Churchill and Harry S. Truman at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri

Snapshot of Winston Churchill and Harry S. Truman in cap and gown taken at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, as a procession started from President McCluer's home on campus to the gymnasium where Sir Winston Churchill made his famous "Iron Curtain" speech. Directly behind President Truman is General Harry Vaughan. From: C. Owen Taylor.

Portrait of Harry S. Truman

Portrait of Harry S. Truman (streak at top of image) attached to backing, with the following inscription on the backing: "Best wishes to Hal Oustolt (spelling in question) from his friend, Harry S. Truman, USS Mo." The original photograph was taken by Blackstone Studios, Inc., on April 29, 1945. See also 58-625 and 60-291-1, 11, and 12 (proofs only). Also similar to 77-2924. (Original in oversize file) From: Unknown - Found in old audiovisual area.

Cartoon by Clifford Berryman

This photograph of a political cartoon depicts President Harry S. Truman (behind the podium) speaks with several media microphones in front of him. The ghosts of former presidents watch over him: (from left to right, top row to bottom) Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Jackson. Clifford Berryman created this political cartoon which appeared in the Evening Star on April 15, 1945. This political cartoon is in the museum collection of the Truman Library.