Presidents

President Harry S. Truman returns to Washington and he and his family move into the historic Blair House while the White House is being renovated. He is shown in this picture waving to the crowd before entering his temporary home. From: Beth Gore.

Left to right: Senator Alben Barkley, Bess Truman, and President Harry S. Truman. President Truman and Mrs. Truman are leaving Washington for a weekend at their home in Independence, Missouri. Senator Alben W. Barkley, Kentucky, Senate Majority Leader, was in the party and will leave the plane at Paducah, Kentucky, where he is scheduled to speak this weekend. The President and Mrs. Truman and the Senator are shown at Washington National Airport prior to boarding their plane. From: Beth Gore.

Senator Warren R. Austin, Vermont, New U.S. United Nations Security Council Representative, shown with President Truman at the White House. From: Beth Gore

President Harry S. Truman and a member of his cabinet, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, matched five dollar bills this morning at the White House to see who would pay for the first sheet of the 39th Annual Christmas Seals of the National Tuberculosis Association. The Secretary was at one time engaged in tuberculosis control work and served as executive of the New Mexico Tuberculosis Association in 1919. President Truman lost the match. From: Beth Gore

President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with an officer at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. Standing behind President Truman is Admiral William D. Leahy. This photo was sent to President Truman by John Dick, Norwich, Connecticut.

President Truman, wearing his Veterans of Foreign Wars hat, receives the VFW Gold life membership card and a diamond VFW lapel button from Commander-in-Chief Frank C. Hilton at the VFW Congressional Dinner at the Statler Hotel in Washington D.C.

President Harry S. Truman (with glasses) and Capt. Henrik Kurt Carlsen (front, right) hold and look at the VFW Distinguished Citizenship citation at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Congressional Dinner at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C. In the background, left to right are John S. Fine, Governor of Pennsylvania; Brigadier General Robert Landry; unidentified; Major General Harry Vaughan; unidentified. This photo was sent to President Truman by Omar Ketchum, Director, Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars.

President Harry S. Truman stands behind a podium and gives a speech while in Springfield, Missouri, attending the 35th Division Reunion.

President Harry S. Truman gives a speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Congressional Dinner at the Statler Hotel in Washington D.C. Pictured at the table are (L to R) Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr., Governor John S. Fine (Pennsylvania), Captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen, Brig. Gen. Robert B. Landry (Presidential Aide), President Truman (center), Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan (Military Aide to the President), Omar B. Ketchum (VFW National Legislative Director), and Hon. Tom Clark (Associate Justice, Supreme Court). Sent to President Truman by Omar Ketchum.

President Harry S. Truman stands between two unidentified fellow Shriners and holds a framed document while attending the 35th Division Reunion in Springfield, Missouri. There are some retouching marks on this photo.