The National Plowing Match, Dexter, Iowa
National Plowing Match and Soil Conservation Day at Dexter, Iowa. Photo is to commemorate President Harry S. Truman's famous agricultural campaign speech at Dexter. Original is oversize.
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Former President Truman Honored as a Farmer by Secretary of Agriculture
Former President Harry S. Truman and the former First Lady Bess Truman shakes hands with Orville Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture, and Averell Harriman, during a tribute to former President Truman. The former President was being acknowledged for being a farmer by the Farmers of America. The event was in the RLDS Auditorium in Independence, Missouri. An 80th birthday cake for Mr. Truman is in the background.