1. Home
  2. Library Collections
  3. Photographs
  4. Truman and Acheson at Acheson's Swearing-in Ceremony

Truman and Acheson at Acheson's Swearing-in Ceremony

73-2945
Accession Number
73-2945
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338957002
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Judges
Legislators
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
Connally, Tom, 1877-1963
Truman, Mary Jane, 1889-1978
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
Rights

Public Domain - This item is in the public domain and can be used freely without further permission.

Note: If you use this image, rights assessment and attribution are your responsibility.

Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

Attention media: Please make note of this item's accession number. Print out this page and retain it for your permissions records before downloading this image file for possible publication. Library staff cannot sign permissions forms or provide additional paperwork. The Library charges no usage fees for downloaded images.

Description
President Harry S. Truman (right) shaking hands with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left) at Acheson's swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office. Standing in the background, from left to right, are: Senator Tom Connally, Major General Harry Vaughan (partly obscured by Acheson), Chief Justice Fred Vinson, Mary Jane Truman, and two unidentified women.
Date(s)
January 21, 1949