In September of 1945, Americans were finally beginning to see the light of normalcy having emerged from the depravity witnessed in World War II. Germany had been defeated and the Japanese had just surrendered after the U.S. dropping of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Perhaps in a moment of celebratory normalcy, President Truman and accompanying guests attended a game played between the St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium on September 8, 1945. The game was just one week after the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri. Truman was accompanied by First Lady Bess Truman, members of the White House staff, Cabinet secretaries, and MLB Commissioner A.B. "Happy" Chandler. President Truman threw out the first pitch which was the first time in four years a President had done so given the World War. An accompanying vintage photograph taken during this very game pictures Commissioner Chandler (facing away from camera) holding three baseballs towards President Truman who was autographing several others. Undoubtedly, the offered sphere is one of the aforementioned three. Unused off white W.Harridge American League baseball signed on side panel by President Truman in black ink adding date of "9-8-48". Commissioner Chandler has signed the opposite side panel in black ink. Truman signature rates 8 out of 10 with Chandler at 8 out of 10 having some light 'feathering' from original signing. Unique signature baseball from an important period in American history. Includes vintage photograph of Truman/Chandler at the game, full LOA from PSA/DNA( Ball: 7, Signatures: 7, Overall: 7, and full LOA from JSA: Ball: NM, Signatures: Range NM-NM/MT