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Truman Listens to Election Results

Senator and Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman listens to the 1944 presidential election results on the radio at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Pictured (left to right): sister Mary Jane Truman; Senator Truman; brother J. Vivian Truman; Mrs. Bess Truman (seated); Margaret Truman; and niece Martha Ann Truman.

Truman, Hannegan, and Others at Knights of the Cauliflower Ear Dinner

Senator Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right) at the Knights of the Cauliflower Ear dinner at the Coronado Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Robert E. Hannegan pictured at the far left. All others unidentified. The dinner was held in celebration of Senator Harry S. Truman's nomination for Vice-President.

Truman and Snyder at Knights of the Cauliflower Ear Dinner

Senator Harry S. Truman (fourth from left) with unidentified men at the Knights of the Cauliflower Ear dinner at the Coronado Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The dinner was held in celebration of Senator Harry S. Truman's nomination for Vice-President. Also present is John Snyder, the Assistant to the Director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sixth from left).