Inaugurations

President Harry S. Truman and the Vice President Alben Barkley at the Presidential reviewing stand during the inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley wave as they walk out of the White House on the way to the Presidential reviewing stand during the inauguration. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley arriving at the Presidential reviewing stand by car on inauguration day. Members of Battery D (Mr. Truman's World War I battery) escort the President's car. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

President Harry S. Truman giving the inaugural address. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

President Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice Fred Vinson. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Left to right: Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, Mrs. Max Truitt, daughter of Vice President Alben Barkley, Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley, and President Harry S. Truman, leaving the Blair House for the Capitol on inauguration day. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins

President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivering his fourth Inaugural address from the White House.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Vice President Alben Barkley wave to crowd before the reviewing stand, located in front of the White House, during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C.

Mary Shaw Branton with husband Coleman Branton, taken around inauguration time, probably at Blair House. See also photos 82-40-1 through 5. From: Copied from photographs loaned to the Library by Mary Shaw Branton.

Mary Shaw Branton with husband Coleman Branton on a city street, around the time of the 1949 inauguration, when they were visiting Washington D. C. This was taken at the same time as photos 82-40-1 through 5. From: Copied from photographs loaned to the Library by Mary Shaw Branton.