National Park Service

President Harry S. Truman (center, foreground) at the White House receiving a piano from the Piano Manufacturers Association. The piano was constructed from materials furnished by many member states of the United Nations in honor of National Music Week. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman stands with Korean War veterans after presenting each of them the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Oval Office at the White House. From left to right: Senator Earle Clements of Kentucky (partly obscured); Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska; Governor Lawrence Wetherby of Kentucky; First Lieutenant Carl Dodd, Kenvir, Kentucky; President Truman; Sergeant John A. Pittman, Carrolton, Mississippi; Master Sergeant Ernest R. Kouma, Dwight, Nebraska; and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) greets President Galo Plaza of Ecuador (right) upon the latter's arrival at Washington National Airport. With President Plaza is his wife, Rosario Pallares Plaza (third from right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (background, second from left) and others await the arrival of President Galo Plaza of Ecuador at Washington National Airport. In the foreground on the right is Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. In the background at the extreme right is General Harry Vaughan. All others unidentified.

Officials wait to greet President Galo Plaza of Ecuador upon his arrival at Washington National Airport. Standing in line, from left to right: unidentified man, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Secretary of Defense George Marshall, and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. On the right is Secretary of State Dean Acheson.

Officials gather for the Conference of the Industry Advisory Councils in the auditorium at the Department of the Interior. Industry advisory councils were appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and represented the petroleum, gas, minerals, bituminous coal, coke, mining machinery, electric utility, and canned fish industries.

President Harry S. Truman (left) greets President Galo Plaza of Ecuador (right) upon his arrival at Washington National Airport. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) plays the piano presented to him by the Piano Manufacturers Association at the White House in honor of National Music Week. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) looks on as President Galo Plaza of Ecuador (left) addresses the crowd upon his arrival at Washington National Airport.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and President Galo Plaza of Ecuador (left) ride in President Truman's limousine as a mobile press corps (background) captures the moment. Also in the limousine is General Harry Vaughan (second row, in front of Truman). All others unidentified.