Portrait photograph of Secret Service agent Floyd Boring, which was used in his oral history interview.
An assassination attempt the day before did not keep President Truman from taking his morning walk cane in hand through the streets of downtown Washington, D.C. Flanked by unidentified Secret Service men, the Chief Executive is shown walking down Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. An automobile is in view beside them.
President Harry S. Truman, third from right, decorated the White House Police and Secret Service agents who prevented his assassination at Blair House on November 1, 1950. Left to right: Wounded policemen Private Joseph H. Downs and Private Donald Birdzell; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, whose department has jurisdiction over the White House Police and Secret Service; Cressie Coffelt, widow of the slain policeman Leslie Coffelt; Private Joseph O. Davidson; President Truman; and two Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Vincent P. Mroz.
President Harry S. Truman, left, is shown with cane in hand while on a morning stroll. He is accompanied by his secret service detail. The Washington Memorial is in view behind them. This photograph is believed to have been taken the day after the assassination attempt on him while he was staying at Blair House. Others in view are not identified.
President Harry S. Truman smiles and tips his hat in a "good morning" greeting to an unidentified woman, and waves as she passes him on a mile long walk here in Independence, Missouri. A secret service man walks beside the Chief Executive. See also 59-487. From Houston Post.