International News Photos

A closeup of President Harry S. Truman delivering the State of the Union Address to the members of Congress. In the background is President Pro Tempore of the Senate Arthur H. Vandenberg (left) and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin (right). From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

Margaret Truman (left) and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (right) contribute to the Infantile Paralysis Fund Drive by placing coins in a bottle labeled "Missouri". The man in the center is unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

President Harry S. Truman (right) shakes hands with General George C. Marshall (left) during the ceremony swearing him in as Secretary of State. Standing between them is the outgoing Secretary of State, James Byrnes. Visible in the background between Marshall and Byrnes is Secretary of War Robert Patterson. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

Sitting at his desk in the Oval Office, President Harry S. Truman (center) is shaking hands with President Pro Tempore of the Senate Arthur H. Vandenberg (left) and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin Jr. (right). From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

In the presence of the Atomic Energy Commission, President Harry S. Truman signs an Executive Order that ended the wartime Manhattan Project and transferred its responsibilities to civilian authority. From left to right, Carroll Wilson, President Harry S. Truman, David Lilienthal, Sumner Pike, Colonel K.D. Nichols, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, General Leslie Groves, Lewis L. Strauss, and William W. Waymack. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 2.

President Harry S. Truman looks through his binoculars at airplanes flying overhead during the Air Progress Demonstration at Andrews Air Force Base. Standing up is General Hoyt Vandenberg. Seated behind President Truman, in the military hat is General Omar Bradley. All others are unidentified.

Airplanes fly over a crowd gathered at Andrews Air Force Base for an Air Progress Demonstration. All are unidentified. President Harry S. Truman and members of his staff and Cabinet attended this demonstration.

President Harry S. Truman (center, with binoculars) visits Andrews Air Force Base for an Air Progress Demonstration. Walking on President Truman's left are: General Hoyt Vandenberg (behind Landry), General Robert Landry, and Colonel David Schilling. All others are unidentified.

White House workmen brush aside snow as they put the finishing touches on a stand on the south grounds of the White House where President Harry S. Truman will participate in a public tree lighting ceremony on Christmas Eve. All are unidentified.

Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Jackson (left) and Senator Olin Johnston (right) present President Harry S. Truman (center) with a turkey. The turkey is a gift from Wilton E. Hall (not pictured), publisher of the Anderson Independent and Daily Mail of Anderson, South Carolina.