Inaugurations

Battalion of Blue Jackets of the United States Navy in the Inaugural Parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Company of women marines, United States Marine Corps, in inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

WAC Company, United States Army, inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Color Guard and troops of the U. S. Marine Corps in the inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Florida Float in Inaugural Parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Engineer Battalion (tanks), United States Army, in the inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

WAC Company, United States Army, inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall's car in the inaugural parade as it passes by the reviewing stand. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Inaugural parade float representing the city of Chicago, Illinois featuring imagery of the Chicago skyline and a heart that says "Chicago's Heart Turned the Tide to Victory to Harry S. Truman." The capitol building is visible in the background. The woman in the white velvet dress trimmed in gold at the front of the float is Patricia Reedy, who was designated the Inaugural Queen by the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. The other women on the float are unidentified. The float was designed by Alan Metreger. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Mississippi Float in the 1949 inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.