This photograph shows President Harry Truman greeting Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru; Ambassador Vijaya Pandit, his sister; and his daughter, Indira Gandhi, upon their arrival at Washington National Airport. Nehru was the first prime minister of India following the country's independence from Great Britain.

This photograph by Abbie Rowe of the National Park Service shows Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) of the United Kingdom presenting a mid 19th century trumeau to President Harry Truman and First Lady Bess Truman. It was sent on behalf of her father, King George VI, to commemorate the completion of Truman's White House renovations. Left to Right: Bess Truman, President Truman, Princess Elizabeth, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The word trumeau is taken from the French word for "the space between windows," which is a common, but not exclusive, place for this type of piece to reside. See image numbers 840 and 688 for examples of this trumeau in situ.

This photograph by Abbie Rowe of the National Park Service shows President Harry Truman and Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom seated together in a car at the airport during the Princess' visit. A few months after this trip, the princess would become Queen Elizabeth II after the death of her father, King George VI.

This photograph by Abbie Rowe of the National Park Service shows President Harry Truman in the Oval Office with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of the modern state of Israel, presents a menorah to Truman.