Presidents

Newly elected President Harry S. Truman (second from the left) shakes hands with Roscoe L. McCrary (second from the right) of the Chicago Defender, St. Louis Bureau, on the back platform of the train taking Mr. Truman back to Washington, D.C. after the 1948 election. The other two men are unidentified. From: Roscoe L. McCrary

President Harry S. Truman (right), shaking hands with Carl Miller, Chief of the Arkansas State Police, at the dedication of the Bull Shoals Dam. On Miller's left is J.D. King, Sheriff of Baxter County, Arkansas, and on Truman's right is Arkansas Governor Sid McMath. From: Sara McLaughlin.

In Ottumwa, Iowa, President Harry S. Truman (left) chats with Harriet Lester, 7, and Loren L. McCullough, 7, of the American Home Finding Association, a local orphanage, who presented him with a cake baked by an AFL Baker's Local on the occasion of his 66th birthday. From: Loren McCullough.

In Ottumwa, Iowa, President Harry S. Truman stands in front of a cake baked by an AFL Baker\'s Local which was presented to him by Harriet Lester, 7, and Loren L. McCullough, 7, of the American Home Finding Association, a local orphanage, on the occasion of his 66th birthday. Margaret Truman can be seen behind and to Mr. Truman\'s left. From: Loren McCullough.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of Defense General George C. Marshall, and General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower at MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport, as General Eisenhower departs for a survey of the Atlantic Pact Forces in Europe which he will command. From: Arthur Marasco.

President Harry S. Truman (left) wishes General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) good luck as Ike departs from Washington National Airport's MATS Terminal for a survey of his Atlantic Pact forces in Europe. See also 77-1525 and 1527. From: Arthur Marasco.

From left to right: Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Harry S. Truman, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. They are present to send off General Eisenhower as he departs for Europe to survey his Atlantic Pact forces. See also 77-1541. From: Arthur Marasco.

Princess Elizabeth of England and her Prince Consort, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrive at MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport. From left to right are: U.S. State Department Protocol Chief John F. Simmons, President Harry S. Truman, Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, and Margaret Truman. (See 86-141.) From: Arthur Marasco, 667 East Street, Lenox, MA 01240

President Harry S. Truman and others view the annual Armed Forces Day parade from the Presidential Reviewing Stand on the Ellipse. Viewers (left to right - front row) are: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Navy Aide to the President; Brigadier General Morris J. Lee, Commander of Bolling Air Force Base, D.C., and officer-in-charge of Washington, D.C. area celebrations of the event; President Truman; Major General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President, and Major General Robert B. Landry, Air Force Aide to the President. The others are unidentified. From: Arthur Marasco.

Standing before microphones, President Harry S. Truman (right) has off-the-cuff words of welcome for British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (left) after he alighted from "The Independence" at MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport, on an official visit. See also 67-7575 thru 7578. From: Arthur Marasco, 667 East Street, Lenox, MA 01240