Presidents

Cartoon by George Sixta, featuring a caricature of President Harry S. Truman throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game and trying to hit a Republican.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Ned White for the Akron Beacon-Journal, originally published in 1948. President Harry S. Truman is depicted crossing a finish line carrying a donkey on his back.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon regarding civil rights and the 1948 election by Clifford Berryman. The cartoon depicts "Miss Democracy" saying "You Mean You'd Rather be Right Than President?" President Harry S. Truman is standing on a rug labeled "Civil Rights" and is saying "I Stand Pat!' The original of the cartoon is inscribed: "To the President with Cordial and Hearty Good Wishes. C.K. Berryman Washington Star March 14, 1948."

Cartoon, entitled "---and on two legs" by Karl Knecht, relating to President Harry S. Truman's winning of the 1948 presidential election. The original date of the cartoon is November 3, 1948.

Cartoon, entitled "His Fighting Spirit Carries On" by Jim Barstow. The cartoon depicts President Harry S. Truman and former President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The copy of the cartoon is inscribed: "To President Truman with all good wishes Jim Barstow Oct. 2, 1949". Credit: Originally published in General Electric News.

Cartoon "Just the Thing for Sharpening Needles," by Ned White.

Portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower, in the collection of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum & Library.

Portrait of Harry S. Truman by Frank O. Salisbury, which is in the collection of the Harry S. Truman Museum & Library.

Syngman Rhee (right), first President of Korea, sits beside General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander in Japan, as they attend the August 14, 1948 ceremony in Seoul inaugurating the new Republic of Korea. From: Pershing Touseley, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

General Jonathan M. Wainwright being presented with the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Rose Garden at the White House on the occasion of General Wainwright's return to Washington after his release from imprisonment by the Japanese. The final stand on beleaguered Corregidor, for which he was in an important measure personally responsible, commanded the admiration of the nation's allies. (See also 66-1499-13.) From: Pershing Tousley, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.