International News Photos

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman pose for their first full family photograph in the White House. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 2.

First Lady Bess Truman (second from right) and Margaret Truman (right) contribute to the fight against infantile paralysis by dropping their dimes into the Missouri bottle outside the Capitol Theater. With them on the left is Richard Dobson, who recovered from infantile paralysis last year. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with Mr. John Oeser of Westside, Iowa, who won the title of 1945's "Typical Midwest Farmer" (right). Mrs. John Oeser is on the left. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

President Harry S. Truman receives some of the National Officers of the Future Farmers of America. From left to right are Virgil Getto, Eugene Starkey, President Harry S. Truman, J. Clyndon Stuff, Joseph E. Espey, and Marion Baumgardner. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

Admiral Ernest Joseph King (right) receives his third Distinguished Service Medal from President Harry S. Truman (left). From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman presents six Congressional Medals of Honor. From left to right in the front are Private First Class Mike Colalillo, Captain Robert Hugo Dunlap, Lieutenant Richard Miles McCool, President Truman, Sergeant Vernon McGarity, Lieutenant Frank Burke, and Master Sergeant Vito R. Bertoldo. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Margaret Truman christens the first American Airlines flagship to fly the Washington-Philadelphia-London route. From left to right are stewardess Margaret Odom, American Airlines President Ralph S. Damon, and Margaret Truman. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Margaret Truman (right) presents baby dolls to Bill Herson (right), Radio Station WRC timekeeper, at the Doll House on F Street, launching WRC's campaign to provide dolls and toys for Washington's under-privileged children. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman, seated, meets with leaders of Kiwanis International. From left to right, standing are Ford Worthing, O.E. Peterson, Hamilton Holt, and George E. Stringfellow.

Captain Frank Welch (left) and Margaret Truman (right) attend the opening night at the Metropolitan Opera House. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.