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President Harry S. Truman receiving a gift of two anthracite coal bookends from Cub Scout Robert Todd, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania.

President Harry S. Truman receiving the first sheet of Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial stamps from Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan.

President Harry S. Truman at the annual Jackson Day Dinner with Henry A. Wallace, Robert Hannegan, and Joseph E. Davies. (L-R) President Truman, Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, and Joseph E. Davies.

From left to right, Margaret Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Bess Wallace Truman at Union Station in Washington, D.C. after their vacation in Independence, Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with five members of the Future Farmers of America. (L-R) Virgil Getto of Fallon, Nebraska; Eugene Starkey of Orlan, California; President Truman; J. Glyndon Stuff of Polo, Illinois; Joseph E. Espey of Maryville, Missouri; and Marion Baumgardner of Wellington, Texas.

President Harry S. Truman (left) is giving Major General Henry "Hap" Arnold (right), commander of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the Distinguished Service Medal.

President Harry S. Truman meeting the United Nations Inspection Group in the Oval Office at the White House. (L-R) Dr. Shushi Hsu of China, President Truman, and Dr. Stoyan Gavrjlovic of Yugoslavia.

President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with John Oeser, as Mrs. Oeser looks on. Mr. Oeser won the title of being, "Typical Midwest Farmer" of 1945.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman and others speaking on behalf of the Infantile Paralysis Fund. (L-R) Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, and Cornelia Otis Skinner.

President Harry S. Truman receiving a copy of sheet music by Chopin that has been autographed by Sergeant Eugene List in the Oval Office. Sergeant List played piano for President Truman while the President was in Potsdam.