President Truman Shakes Hands with a Fan at Senators Game

This photograph shows President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with a fan at a Washington Senators baseball game on September 8, 1945. The president threw the opening pitch at the match between the Senators and the St. Louis Browns, who hailed from his home state of Missouri. Naval officer and military adviser Admiral William D. Leahy is pictured seated near the president.