Presidents

Visiting the White House, President Vincent Auriol of France receives a gift from President Harry S. Truman, a handsome leather-bound volume of color photographs depicting scenes of America. In the Oval Office are (left to right): President Truman and President Auriol (sitting); and (standing) Secretary of State Dean Acheson, French Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Schuman, French Ambassador Henri Bonnet, Special Assistant to the President W. Averill Harriman, and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. (Similar to 77-1600; also see 2006-178.)

From the back seat of a convertible, President Harry S. Truman, hat in hand, waves to the crowd gathered to greet him on the football field at Shasta College, Redding, California. President Truman was on a Western trip at that time campaigning for Adlai Stevenson. Donor: Stella Dillenbeck.

President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of a train greeting the crowd gathered to meet him at a Whistlestop in Sacramento, California, during a 1948 campaign tour. Others on the platform are unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

From the rear platform of a train during a campaign tour, President Harry S. Truman (third from left) greets the crowd gathered to meet him at a Whistlestop in Sacramento, California. The others on the platform are unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

From the rear platform of a train, President Harry S. Truman (second from the left) looks down at the crowd gathered to greet him at a Whistlestop in Sacramento, California, during a campaign tour. The man on the left is Harold T. Johnson, Mayor of Roseville, California. The other man is unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County, Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

From the rear platform of a train, President Harry S. Truman (second from the left) surveys the crowd gathered to meet him at a whistlestop in Sacramento, California, during a campaign tour. Harold T. Johnson, Mayor of Roseville, California, is on Truman's right. The other men are unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County, Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

From the rear platform of a train, President Harry S. Truman (second from the left) smiles at the crowd gathered to greet him at a whistlestop in Sacramento, California during a campaign tour. On the left is Harold T. Johnson, mayor of Roseville, California. The other men are unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

From the rear platform of a train, President Harry S. Truman surveys the crowd gathered to greet him at a whistlestop in Sacramento, California. The other man on the train is unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

A crowd, hands raised in greeting, surrounds the rear platform of the train carrying President Harry S. Truman on a campaign tour as it makes a whistlestop in Roseville, California. The President, his wife and daughter are also on the rear platform but not seen distinctly. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

President Harry S. Truman (second from left on platform) greets the crowd gathered to hear him speak from the rear platform of a train at a whistlestop in Roseville, California. The others on the platform are unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971