[TRUMAN, Harry S. (1884-1972)] – Lt. Col. James V. Hunt. Album containing approximately 60 signed photos of people related to President Truman's Cabinet and contemporary U.S. Senators and Congressmen, ca. 1944-1947.

Folio (356 x 286 mm). Full leather photo album containing approximately 60 signed photos of numerous government officials including President Harry Truman, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Margaret Chase Smith, Owen Brewster, "Happy" Chandler, Joseph H. Ball, Francis J. Myers, John W. McCormack, Daniel J. Flood, Ralph E. Church, Chet Holifield, Andrew J. May, and others. Provenance: Lt. Col. James V. Hunt (gift inscriptions).

Lt. Col. James V. Hunt was an ex-Army official and Wartime Assets Administration official who, in 1949, was one of the first government officials exposed for peddling influence in the halls of Congress. According to a Time Magazine article published at the time Hunt's office was decorated with signed photographs of prominent politicians and military officials, which he showed off to potential government contractors as a way of gaining their confidence and thus their business.

Property from the Collection of David Horenstein