Presidents

President Harry S. Truman is shown seated in a motor launch carrying him from Galeao Airport on Governor's Island to the Touring Club Landing, Rio de Janeiro, where he will be officially welcomed to Brazil. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference. at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. (See 97-2212.) Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

Autographed photo (copy - not original) of the official portrait of President Harry S. Truman during his first term in office (photo same as 58-42). The autograph reads: "To the Key Club, a great organization in a great city, St. Louis, with best wishes and happy memories. Harry S. Truman" From: Mickey McTague, 6501 Lansdowne, St. Louis, MO 63109

President Harry S. Truman, visiting aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, converses with Navy Lieutenant Ralph Ingram Sherman, USN (center), as he was introduced to the ship's personnel. The President was on board for an official state visit to Brazil. From: J. Carol Sherman McVicker.

Standing behind the podium at Memorial Hall, Robert Weatherford, Mayor of Independence, Missouri, speaks during the dedication of a 2,500-pound replica of the Philadelphia Liberty Bell which was sent to Independence by the people of Annecy, France and was formally accepted by President Harry S. Truman on behalf of Independence and the United States. President Truman is seated just to the right of the flag on the right. All others are unidentified. From: A.W. Easter.

Snapshot of President Harry S. Truman at the podium in front of Memorial Hall, Independence, Missouri, at the dedication of a replica of the Liberty Bell which was sent to Independence by the people of Annecy, France. See also 77-2318. From: A.W. Easter.

Snapshot of President Harry S. Truman at the podium in front of Memorial Hall, Independence, Missouri, at the dedication of a replica of the Liberty Bell which was sent to Independence by the people of Annecy, France. See also 77-2318. From: A.W. Easter.

Paul A. Brown and President Harry S. Truman. The photo is autographed "Best to Matt Connelly from Paul A. Brown." Matthew Connelly was President Truman's appointment secretary.

President Harry S. Truman, informally dressed, in front of a microphone at a press conference in Key West, Florida. Original photograph oversized.

Polish-American leaders presenting plaque to President Truman at the Hotel Biltmore in New York. L-R: Reverend Joseph Swaltek, Right Reverend Felix Burant, Congressman Alfred Sieminski, President Harry S. Truman, Alexander Sudnik, and Thaddeus Maliszewski.

President Harry S. Truman stands next to the statue dedicated to Andrew Jackson in front of the Courthouse in Independence, Missouri.