This week, we’re combining our #Harry140 commemoration & the anniversary of the surrender of Japan, ending World War II. This photo is from a different angle than our other photos of this event.

#OTD in 1945, the U. S. released an atomic bomb above Hiroshima, Japan in an effort to end World War II. Here, an injured policeman writes relief certificates for rice rations to survivors. The photographer was the only person to capture images of the destruction on this day.

One of the most important things to remember about your #ArchivesCampfire is to remember to put it out, & Smokey Bear helps us to do that! A baby Smokey Bear from New Mexico is presented to the National Zoo, Washington, D. C. in 1950. #ArchivesHashtagParty

While this looks like a familiar photo, this particular #Harry140 photo has an interesting story. This was the first ever color news photograph to be transmitted & received by radio waves & published. See the original photo here:

#Harry140 photo this week shows former President Truman on vacation! In 1958, Harry & Bess went to Europe aboard the SS Constitution (Bess didn't like to fly). This photo shows HST chatting with an unidentified man, possibly a cameraman, on board the ship.

This week’s #Harry140 photo shows a different angle of a familiar event – HST speaking at the closing session of the United Nations Conference. We don't always have motion picture footage of events, so having multiple photos can help reconstruct it.

As with another photo from earlier this year, this #Harry140 photo shows HST greeting visitors to the Truman Library! This young man in cowboy gear had his picture taken with HST & then sent this copy of the photo to Mr. Truman after his visit.

It's time to #ArchivesHashtagParty with #ArchivesPets! The Trumans weren't really pet people, but for a short time after they came to the White House, they had an Irish Setter named Mike that was gifted to them. Here is "Mike's Menu."

The Truman Library is hiring! We are hiring an Education Specialist for our flagship education program, the White House Decision Center. Learn more & apply here: (public applicants); current Federal employees:

Important question for #MenuMonday: what's your preferred format for eating potatoes? On this menu, Mrs. Truman crossed out the baked potatoes served with filet mignon & requested french fries instead. What would you rather eat with filet mignon?

In the early days of the Library, visitors might get the chance to meet Mr. Truman if they arrived or left at the same time as him. The Cropper family did that & took a picture with HST at the administrative entrance to the Library in 1960 for this week’s #Harry140 photo.

It's time for a #FileUnitFriday! We recently digitized all the National Security Council Meetings from the President's Secretary's Files. Report from May 1951 regards issues in Asia. Item: File Unit:

HST often received gifts & tokens of appreciation from groups that came to see him at the White House. In this 1952 #Harry140 photo, the National Cartoonist’s Society gives HST this bust of Abraham Lincoln. This bust is part of our Museum collection!

Happy birthday, Harry S. Truman! Today we commemorate the 140th anniversary of Mr. Truman's birth. This morning we had our official wreath-laying ceremony. #Harry140

Our #Harry140 photo this week shows HST at the Truman Library groundbreaking ceremony in May 1955, ready to put his shovel in the ground. With him are members of the Truman Library Foundation, which organized the fundraising drive to construct the Library.

Our question this #MenuMonday: can you eat pumpkin pie any time of year, or only at Thanksgiving? #OTD in 1949, the Truman family had pumpkin pie for dessert after dinner.

It's time for #ArchivesGames at the #ArchivesHashtagParty! Bess loved to play bridge with both her family members & ladies in her neighborhood Bridge Club. Here, Bess (left) is playing bridge at the White House with her sisters-in-law Natalie & May (right) & her brother Frank.

This #Harry140 photograph of the Truman Library groundbreaking in 1955 came to us from Eliot Berkley, a history professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. It shows HST speaking to the assembled crowd gathered at the groundbreaking ceremony.

The Truman Library is hiring a new Education Specialist! Learn more and apply here:

Today's #Harry140 post features the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Truman Library! The ceremony took place as part of Mr. Truman’s birthday celebration in 1955. In this photo, HST is holding a shovel-full of dirt while others in the background look on.