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Truman after delivering campaign speech in Middletown, Connecticut

President Harry S. Truman (front row, right) receives a standing ovation from those political dignitaries sitting on the platform and from the crowd after a speech made during a campaign stop in Middletown, Connecticut. Margaret Truman is on the left, standing just behind the man shaking hands with President Truman. Others in the photo are unidentified.

President Truman with Third Infantry Regiment

In a ceremony at the White House, President Harry S. Truman presents a baton to the Third Infantry Regiment, the oldest organization of its kind in the Army, members of which make up the Presidential Honor Guard in Washington, D. C. Col. William W. Jenna (on Truman's left), Commanding Officer, receives the baton, which was make of 136-year-old pine taken from the White House during the renovation.