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Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (center) shakes hands with President Harry S. Truman (left) after being sworn-in as Secretary of State in the White House Rose Garden. Also pictured (second row, l-r): Former Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.; Senator Kenneth McKellar; Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson; and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan. All others unidentified.

Senator and Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia (right) in the Mayor's office.

Vice-President Henry A. Wallace (left) and Senator Harry S. Truman (center) arrive at Madison Square Garden to speak to the Liberal Party of New York rally. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan, Vice-President Harry S. Truman, and One Thousand Club Chairman Frank J. Lewis at the One Thousand Club Dinner at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Inauguration Day.

Senator and Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman listens to the 1944 presidential election results on the radio at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Pictured (left to right): sister Mary Jane Truman; Senator Truman; brother J. Vivian Truman; Mrs. Bess Truman (seated); Margaret Truman; and niece Martha Ann Truman.

From left to right in backseat of car, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vice-President-elect Harry S. Truman, and Vice-President Henry A. Wallace in a car at Union Station in Washington, D.C. All others unidentified.

From left to right, Harold Baer, Alex Rose, and Dean Alfange watch as Senator Harry S. Truman (seated) accepts the Vice-Presidential nomination of the Liberal Party of New York.

Vice-President-elect Harry S. Truman steps off a plane after landing in Washington, D.C.

Senator and Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman (center) has breakfast at the Connor Hotel in Joplin, Missouri with Senator Tom Connally (left) and Senator Carl Hatch (right).

Senator and Vice-Presidential nominee Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Senator Robert Wagner (right) of New York upon his renomination for a fourth term.