International News Photos

President Harry S. Truman (left) receives a Christmas gift of an oil painting of his 92 year old mother, Martha Ellen Young Truman. The portrait was delivered by Frank Land (right). From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, volume 1.

President Harry S. Truman, standing at the podium, opens the Labor and Management Conference at the Department of Labor Auditorium. On the right is Judge Walter P. Stack of the North Carolina Supreme Court. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman meets with Philippine officials at the White House. From left to right are President Harry S. Truman, President Sergio Osmena of the Philippines, Paul V. McNutt, and Carlos Romulo. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

First Lady Bess Truman (left) and Margaret Truman (right) enter the Metropolitan Opera House to attend the opening night of the opera. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 1.

High British Officers of wartime British Joint Staff Mission receive medals from President Harry S. Truman (center in civilian dress). From left to right in the front are Marshal Douglas Colyer, General Sir Gordon N. Macready, President Truman, Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, and Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes Somerville. From left to right in the second row are Admiral Williams D. Leahy, Admiral Ernest J. King, General George C. Marshall, General Thomas Handy, and General Ira Eaker.

President Harry S. Truman (center) presents the National Geographic Society Medal to General Henry H. Arnold (left). Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor (right), President of the National Geographic Society, looks on. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman plays in the snow on the south grounds of the White House. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 1.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Prime Minister Clement Attlee, and Prime Minster Mackenzie King are pictured shortly after boarding the United States Coast Guard Yacht Sequoia where they will discuss the problem of atomic energy. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with General Carl A. Spaatz (right). President Truman is congratulating General Spaatz for winning the Robert J. Collier Trophy for an outstanding contribution to aviation by an American. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Prime Minister Clement Attlee places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. President Harry S. Truman (in the light coat and hat) and Prime Minister Mackenzie King (in the dark coat) stand on the far left. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.