Presidential inaugurations

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.

A convertible carries unidentified men followed by two motorcycles in the 1949 inaugural parade. An unidentified soldier smiles on the lower right corner. Caption in the original scrapbook read, "The Cops Are Coming." Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

A Navy blimp flies over the inaugural parade of 1949. United States flags fly from the windows of the building on the left. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

Three unidentified men in top hats with their driver ride in a convertible in the Inaugural Parade. Caption in original scrapbook states inaccurately that this is outgoing president. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

Policemen ride on motorcycles in the 1949 Inaugural parade. Caption in original scrapbook read, "Washington's Finest." Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

President Harry S. Truman rides in the Inaugural parade as members of his unit from World War I, Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, walk alongside the car. All are unidentified. The original caption in the scrapbook: The New President with Old War Buddies. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

A photo from a television set of President Harry S. Truman in a car in the Inaugural parade.

President Harry S. Truman (left) waves his hat as he leaves the White House for the Capitol on Inauguration Day with Congressman John W. McCormack (center) and Senator Carl Hayden. The photo is autographed by all three men.

John Spottswood (left) watches as former President Lyndon Johnson (right) prepares to dance with Margaret Truman Daniel (center), assisted by E. Clifton Daniel, Jr., at the Inaugural Ball for President Richard Nixon at the Mayflower Hotel. Note on the back of the photograph reads: "'Come on, Margaret, let's dance.' . . .Lyndon B. Johnson . .is about to lift Margaret bodily out of a box at the Mayflower Hotel Inaugural Ball." Picture has some discoloration on Spottswood's face. Part of a group of photographs belonging to E. Clifton Daniel, Jr.