Spina, Frank E., 1887-1972

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) enjoys a laugh with former World War I comrade Frank Spina (foreground, left, holding flag) as they walk at the head of the 35th Division Reunion parade in Omaha, Nebraska. Others walking behind Truman are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and Frank Spina (left) with Battery D flag march in the 35th Division Reunion Parade in Omaha, Nebraska. President Truman is on his western trip, and stopped to participate in the reunion event and speak at the memorial park. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Frank Spina (second from right) talks to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (third from right) at former President Harry S. Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party luncheon at the President Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right are: Robert Dennison, former Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, former Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, former President Harry S. Truman, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Frank Spina, and news photographer Joe Adams.

Frank Spina (fourth from right, foreground) greeting former President Harry S. Truman at Truman's seventy-eighth birthday luncheon at the President Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. In the picture from left to right are: Sidney Souers, George Killion, Louis Truman, Edwin A. Locke, Jr., Robert Dennison, former Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Frank Spina, former Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, former President Harry S. Truman, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Veterans of former President Harry S. Truman's World War I unit, Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, stand on the lawn of the Truman Library with one of the weapons they used in the war, a French 75mm artillery piece. The weapon was donated to the Truman Library. Eddie Meisburger is sixth from the left, near wheel; Frank Spina is third from the right, holding the Battery D flag. All others are unidentified.

Veterans of former President Harry S. Truman's World War I unit, Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, stand on the lawn of the Truman Library with one of the weapons they used in the war, a French 75mm artillery piece. The weapon was donated to the Truman Library. Eddie Meisburger is sixth from the left, near wheel; Frank Spina is third from the right, holding the Battery D flag. All others are unidentified.

A slightly faded photo of Mr. Harry S. Truman at Frank Spina's Barber Shop. The photo is a 5 X 7, and was found in the right hand drawer of a credenza in Mr. Truman's office.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Frank Spina, former President Harry S. Truman's barber and veteran of the 35th Division. Photographed in his barbershop, Spina is wearing a typical white smock and holding scissors and comb. The photo was taken during an interview by noted writer Merle Miller for the Truman television adaptation of Miller's book, "Plain Speaking," which appeared on the Public Broadcasting System in 1976.

Parade of the 35th Division through the streets of Omaha, Nebraska during their 1948 reunion. President Harry S. Truman is leading the parade. Fourth from the President's left is Frank Spina, his barber, and second from the President's left is General Harry Vaughan, his miliary aide.

President Harry S. Truman is shown receiving a haircut from Frank Spina in the President's office in the Federal Courthouse on his twenty-sixth wedding anniversary. Spina has been the President's barber for the past twenty-eight years. This 11 x 14 photo is similar to 66-3315.