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

President Harry S. Truman's Party

Group photograph of President Harry S. Truman and his staff while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: Richard Neustadt, Cornelius Mara, Joseph Feeney, Philleo Nash, Irving Perlmeter. Center row, left to right: John Steelman, Admiral William Leahy, President Truman, Averell Harriman, Charles Murphy. Back row, left to right: Robert Landry, Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Matthew Connelly, William Hassett, Joseph Short, Harry Vaughan, and Wallace Graham.

Queen of the Netherlands Being Welcomed to the United States

President Harry S. Truman (left, back to camera) stands with Queen Juliana (right of Truman with fur coat) and Prince Bernhard Leopold (right of Juliana in military garb) as they greet members of Truman's Cabinet at Washington National Airport. Standing in line from left to right: two unidentified people; Director of Mutual Security Administration W. Averell Harriman; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (shaking hands with Queen Juliana); Nell (Mrs.

Truman Congratulates Harriman

President Harry S. Truman (center) congratulates W. Averell Harriman (left) upon his swearing-in as new Director of the Mutual Security Agency after an Oval Office ceremony. Chief Justice Fred Vinson looks on (right). Also present in the background are Under Secretary of State James Webb (second from left), Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer (second from right), and John Steelman (right). All others are unidentified.

Harriman Sworn in as Mutual Security Director

Cameras gather in the Oval Office around President Harry S. Truman (center), W. Averell Harriman (left), and Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) as Harriman takes the oath as new director of the Mutual Security Agency. Also present in the background are Under Secretary of State James Webb (fourth from left, partly obscured), Attorney General J. Howard McGrath (fifth from left), Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer (third from right), and John Steelman (second from right). All others are unidentified.

President Truman and members of his cabinet at the White House

President Harry S. Truman poses with members of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Clockwise: Secretary of Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, Federal Works Administrator Philip Fleming, Assistant to the President John Steelman, Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, Secretary of State George C. Marshall, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of Treasury John Snyder; Attorney General Tom Clark. Similar to 70-1113.