33rd President.  Oversized, 10x13, black and white photo, matted to 16x16, showing Truman, as President, seated in the Oval Office with four of his staff members – Clark Clifford, William D. Hassett, Matthew J. Connelly and Charles G. Ross. The photograph (taken by White House photographer Marion Carpenter, and signed by her on the matting at the lower right), is inscribed by Truman in black ink at the lower left corner of the matting, “To Clark M. Clifford from his old ‘boss’. What a grand staff and how they are missed by the boss. Harry S. Truman.”   Verso of mat with stamped "Copyright Marion Carpenter 1032 Conway St. St. Paul, Minn."

In fine condition - the signed mat has come loose from the board which holds the image - easily put back in place by any qualified framer.

Marion Carpenter (March 6, 1920 – October 29, 2002) was the first woman national press photographer to cover Washington, D.C. and the White House, and to travel with a US President.

Clark Clifford (December 25, 1906 – October 10, 1998) was an American lawyer who served United States Presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter, serving as United States Secretary of Defense for Johnson.