Inauguration Day

Members of President Harry S. Truman's Cabinet ride in cars during the Inaugural parade. In the car on the left are Secretary of Defense James Forrestal and Josephine Forrestal. In the car in the center are Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder and Evlyn Snyder. All others are unidentified. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

A marching band from the state of Connecticut marches in the 1949 Inaugural Parade. All are unidentified. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

Horses draw Missouri's Float in the 1949 Inaugural parade. The float proclaims "Our Greatest Missourian Harry S. Truman." All people are unidentified. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

First Lady Bess Truman (back seat of car, right) rides in the Inaugural Parade. All other are unidentified. The original caption in the scrapbook: The First Lady. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

The United Stated Army Band marches in the 1949 Inaugural Parade. All are unidentified. Original caption in the scrapbook: U.S. Army Band. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

Washington, D.C. policemen ride motorcycles in the 1949 Inaugural parade. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

Soldiers carry the President's Colors in the 1949 Inaugural Parade. All are unidentified. Original caption in the scrapbook: President's Colors. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

The 3rd Infantry Color Guard marches in the 1949 Inaugural Parade. Original caption in the scrapbook: 3d Infantry Color Guard. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

A group of soldiers march with massed colors of the forty-eight states in the Inaugural Parade. Among the flags: the District of Columbia, Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Panama Canal Zone, and Maryland. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

General Omar Bradley, Army Chief of Staff (left, in backseat of car) is the Grand Marshall of the 1949 Inaugural Parade. Others in the car are unidentified. Sign on the side of the convertible reads, "Grand Marshal." Original caption in the scrapbook is: General Bradley." Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.