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

Acheson's Swearing-in Ceremony

73-2946
Accession Number
73-2946
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338957004
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Judges
Legislators
Oaths
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
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977
Connally, Tom, 1877-1963
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
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
Dean Acheson (left) taking the oath of office as Secretary of State in the Oval Office, with Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) administering the oath. Standing in the background are Attorney General Tom Clark (left), Mrs. Alice Acheson (visible between Mr. Acheson and Justice Vinson), Senator Tom Connally (partly obscured by Justice Vinson), President Harry S. Truman, and Major General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
January 21, 1949