On March 27, 1952, President and
Mrs. Truman prepare to reoccupy the White House following its renovation.
From left to right, Charles K. Claunch, Usher; President Truman; Howell
G. Crim, Chief Usher; Mrs. Truman; Alonzo Fields, Maitre d'hotel; and J.B.
West, Usher. At far right, William Kelly, Project Manager, Public Buildings,
and Jess Larson, General Services Administration, admire the ceremonial
White House key they are about to present to the President. (The key is
on display in the exhibit case opposite this photograph) |
Harry Truman is sworn in as President
following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 12, 1945. National Park
Service photographer Abbie Rowe captures the somber mood of the room.
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Surrounded by a crowd of reporters
in the Oval Office, President Truman announces the surrender of Japan to
end World War II, August 14, 1945. |
Former British Prime Minister Winson
Churchill poses on the back of a train with President Truman during Churchill's
visit to the United States, February 10, 1946. |
During the Presidential election
campaign of 1948, President Truman was often joined on the campaign train
by his wife Bess and Daughter Margaret, or, as Truman referred to them,
"The Boss and the Boss' Boss." |
President Truman greets Indian Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi (at right), during
the Prime Minister's visit to the United States, October 11, 1949.
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In the White House Rose Garden,
President Truman enjoys posing for of a group of 40 cartoonists from the
National Cartoonists Society, October 3, 1949. |
Truman was never too busy to spare
a few moments for photographers and cartoonists. October 3, 1949.
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President Truman autographed this
photograph for Abbie Rowe. The President and the White House news photographers
formed a casual organization called the "One More Club" and made Truman
its honorary President. The club's name was based on the photographers'
constant requests for one more photo of Truman. |
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall greet President Truman upon
his return from his conference with General Douglas MacArthur on Wake Island
in the Pacific, October 18, 1950. |
Bess, Harry, and Margaret Truman
prepare to leave Washington for a flight back to their home in Independence,
November 4, 1950. |
Newly-inaugurated President John
F. Kennedy meets with former President Harry Truman in the Oval Office on
Kennedy's first full day as President, January 21, 1961. |
