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President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with Vice President Alben Barkley at Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium, on the occasion of the opening game of the 1950 baseball season, as other dignitaries look on. Standing in the front row of the presidential box are, from left to right: Admiral Robert Dennison, Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Truman, Vice-President Barkley, and Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith (in light-colored hat, with his arm on Barkley). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., on the occasion of the opening game of the 1950 baseball season. Standing in the front row of the presidential box are, from left to right: unidentified man, Admiral Robert Dennison, Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Truman, and General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) in the Oval Office with Bob Simmons (left), son of William Simmons, White House receptionist.

President Harry S. Truman and Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in Washington, during the Prime Minister's visit to the United States. Front row, left to right: President Truman, Margaret Truman, Begum Raana Liaquat Ali Khan, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan. In the background are Secretary of State Dean Acheson (second from left) and General Robert Landry (right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (far left) and Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan of Pakistan (center) in Washington during the Prime Minister's visit to the United States. Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman is behind them on the right.

President Harry S. Truman (center) in the Oval Office receiving a sheet of the new Freedom Stamps, issued in honor of the Sesquicentennial of Washington, D.C., from Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson (second from left). Others are unidentified.

Former Secretary of State George C. Marshall (second from right) with President Harry S. Truman (second from left) at the Library of Congress, on the occasion of receiving the first copy of Volume One of "The Papers of Thomas Jefferson," published by Princeton University Press, from Harold W. Dodds (far right), president of Princeton University.

President Harry S. Truman (far right) in the Oval Office with White House receptionist William Simmons (far left) and his son, Bob Simmons (center).

President Harry S. Truman (right) in the Oval Office shaking hands with Bob Simmons (left), son of William Simmons, White House receptionist.

President Harry S. Truman (third from left) in the Oval Office in the White House is shown receiving from Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson (second from left) a sheet of the new Freedom Stamps, issued in honor of the Sesquicentennial of Washington, D.C. Carter T. Barron is on the other side next to President Truman and Joseph C. McGarraghy is standing next to him (3rd from the right). Assistant Postmaster General Joseph J. Lawler is on the far left. Others are unidentified.