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Swearing-in Ceremony of Dean Acheson

73-2944
Accession Number
73-2944
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338957000
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Judges
Legislators
Naval officers
Oaths
Presidential advisors
Presidential family
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Cabinet - Members - Oath of Office - Acheson, Dean
People Pictured
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
Acheson, Alice Stanley, 1895-1996
Bloom, Solomon F. (Solomon Frank), 1903-1962
Connally, Tom, 1877-1963
Dennison, Robert L. (Robert Lee), 1901-1980
Truman, Mary Jane, 1889-1978
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Dean Acheson (left) being sworn in as Secretary of State by Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right). Standing behind his desk in the Oval Office is President Harry S. Truman. In the background from left to right are: Mrs. Alice Acheson, unidentified woman, Congressman Sol Bloom, Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Senator Tom Connally, Major General Harry Vaughan, Captain Robert Dennison, Mary Jane Truman, and an unidentified woman.
Date(s)
January 21, 1949