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Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986

President Truman throws out the first pitch at Griffith Stadium

President Harry S. Truman throwing out the first pitch to start the season of the Washington Senators. L to R: Vice President Alben Barkley, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Truman, manager of the Washington Senators Bucky Harris, Senators owner Clark Griffith, New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel. Standing in the next row are Major General Harry Vaughan (extreme left); Averell Harriman (behind President Truman); and Matthew Connelly (behind Bucky Harris).

Harry S. Truman Greets Averell Harriman at Airport

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from right) greets New York Governor Averell Harriman (right) at Municipal Airport in Kansas City, Missouri. Former Wichita Mayor and Harriman's Kansas campaign manager William C. Salome (left), and former Treasurer of the United States Georgia Neese Clark Gray (second from left) also met Governor Harriman on the tarmac. Harriman was starting a four-day tour of Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, and South Dakota seeking votes for the Democratic Presidential nomination. See also 69-517.

President Truman and his Cabinet

President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet. From L to R: Secretary of Agriculture, Clinton P. Anderson; Secretary of Labor, Lewis Schwellenbach; Secretary of Commerce, W. Averell Harriman; Secretary of Interior, Julius Krug; Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of War, Robert Patterson; Secretary of State, George C. Marshall; President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of the Treasury, John W. Snyder; Attorney General Tom Clark; and Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal.

President Truman with Cabinet and Family Leaving the Capitol

From left to right, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary of War Robert Patterson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, and Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach. They are leaving for the Capitol for President Truman to make his State of the Union speech to Congress. The photo is autographed by each person in the photo.