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Interior view of St. Peter's Cathedral with Pope Pius XII on the throne (left) during ceremonies for the creation of new Cardinals.

Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson (rights) stands in front of the mobile x-ray unit presented to the U.S. Public Heath Service by the General Electric X-Ray Corp. Also pictured are (l-r): Dr. William D. Coolidge, x-ray consultant for the General Electric Co.; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; and Dr. C.L. Williams, Sr., Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan gives a speech in front of radio broadcast microphones on Election Night. Irving Geist is pictured far left in the background. All others unidentified.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (left) debates for labor vote with President of the American Federation of Labor William Green (center) and Chairman of the Republican National Committee B. Carroll Reece (right).

Sculptor Alvin T. Marriott (right) presents a bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt to Major General Edwin Watson, a military aide to President Roosevelt.

Postmaster General and Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (right) leaves the White House with former Office of Price Administration leader Chester Bowles after a conference with President Harry S. Truman.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (right) hands French Postmaster General M. Eugene Thomas a box of penicillin. All other unidentified.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan in a post officer's hat after being sworn in as Postmaster General.

President Harry S. Truman walks off the presidential airplane, the "Sacred Cow", at La Guardia Airport in New York City. He flew to New York to accept an honorary degree from Forham University. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman poses with a large group of Democrats outside the White House. Front row (l-r): O.S. Warden, Democratic National Committee Member; Oscar R. Ewing, Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman; Leif Erickson, Nominee for Senator, Montana; Governor Herbert R. O'Conor, Nominee for Senator, Maryland; President Truman; Bernice (Mrs. Wallace) Kingsbury; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; H.J. McMurray, Nominee for Senator, Wisconsin; John Redstrom, Nominee for Representative, Wisconsin; M.G. Burnside, Nominee for Representative, West Virginia; J.Y.