International News Photos

The United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ernest Bevin signs North Atlantic Treaty. British Ambassador to the United States Sir Oliver Franks stands at left; John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department stands at right. President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Pearson, and French Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Schuman look on. Donor: Dorothy Girton

General view of the opening ceremony of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Donor: Dorothy Girton.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Bech of Luxembourg, seated, is signing the North Atlantic Treaty. Ambassador Hugues Le Gallais of Luxembourg, on Bech's right, and John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department, stand watching him. Donor: Dorothy Girton.

Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium, seated, signs the North Atlantic Treaty. Baron Silvercruys of Belgium, on Spaak's right, and John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department, stand watching him. Seated in the front row in the background are left to right: Ernest Bevin, United Kingdom; Halvard M. Lange, Norway; Joseph Bech, Luxembourg. Donor: Dorothy Girton.

L to R: Harry S. Truman, raising his hat in the air, an unidentified man, and James Farley. People in the background are also unidentified. Donor: Dorothy Girton. Used by Democratic Digest.

President Harry S. Truman is looking at a horse beside a railroad track during a campaign stop in Oklahoma. The rider, a policeman, and another man are unidentified. Donor: Dorothy Girton.

Front row, left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, and Margaret Truman, as Mr. Truman is being sworn in as President of the United States after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Donor: Dorothy Girton.

Crowds of delegates at the 1948 Republican National Convention, demonstrating their support for the nomination of Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. In the lower left corner is a placard favoring Robert Taft for the nomination. Original of this photo in the University of Rochester Library, where the papers of Thomas E. Dewey are held.

Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey (right) and vice-presidential nominee Earl Warren, Governor of California, pose together.

Harry S. Truman being sworn in as Vice President of the United States at the White House. From left to right: Edwin Halsey, Secretary of the Senate; Henry A. Wallace; Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan; unidentified Secret Service man; Colonel James Roosevelt, United States Marine Corps; Vice President Harry S. Truman (taking oath); and Major General Edwin M. Watson, Secretary to the President.