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Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office at the White House after the death of President Roosevelt. From left to right: Philip B. Fleming, Public Works Administrator; John B.

Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office at the White House after the death of President Roosevelt. From left to right: Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor; Henry Stimson, Secretary of War; Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce; Julius Krug, War Production Board Administrator; James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; Claude Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture; Francis McNamee, Department Chairman, War Manpower Commission; Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Harry S.

President Harry S. Truman and others in car arriving in Washington, D. C. after the 1948 election. Back, from left: President Truman, J. Howard McGrath, Alben Barkley. Front, from left: Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt. Inscribed: "Good luck Mr. President! Yours very sincerely Steve Zweig, Washington, D. C., November 5, 1948" Same as 58-288.

The Truman family and Barkley family on the steps of the White House the day after the election. From left to right: Vice-President Alben Barkley, his daughter Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt, Margaret Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, and President Harry S. Truman.

Portrait of Bess Wallace Truman.

Portrait of Bess Wallace Truman.

Portrait of the Truman family - Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Margaret Truman. They are at the White House.

Portrait of the Truman family - Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Margaret Truman. They are at the White House.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman and Margaret on board the SS America.

Portrait of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman at home. Photo appeared with the article by Jonathan Daniels in the April 1949 issue of McCall's magazine. Original is oversize. Credit Gray-O'Reilly.