Inaugurations

Mary Shaw Branton with husband Coleman Branton in Washington, D. C. around the time of the 1949 inauguration. From: Copied from photographs loaned to the Library by Mary Shaw Branton.

Members of Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery flank the Presidential car with President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley as the parade forms east of the Capitol Building.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley (in car) were escorted by an honor guard of Battery D of the 35th Division on Pennsylvania Avenue during the inaugural parade. Battery D was President Truman's World War I battery.

Aerial view of the display of Armed Forces equipment on the Washington Monument grounds during Inaugural week. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Aerial view of the inaugural parade in progress. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Territory of Hawaii float 1949 inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

260th AAA Gun Battalion, National Guard, in inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

United States Air Force Officers and Air Force Band during the 1949 inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Cowboy of the Los Angeles Posse in the inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Trick dog with the Los Angeles Posse during the inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.