Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

Vice President Alben W. Barkley is shown with the family of Daniel J. Leary on the tarmac at Joplin Municipal Airport in Joplin, Missouri. The other family members are unidentified. Given by the family of Roberta McGowan.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, standing, left) shakes hands with Connie Mack (front row standing, center) as Margaret Truman (left, seated) and First Lady Bess Truman (2nd from left) look on at the opening game at Griffith Stadium. Standing next to Connie Mack is Vice President Alben Barkley. Seated behind President Truman is Press Secretary Charles Ross. From: Harry S. Truman Scrapbook.

President Harry S. Truman (left) waves his hat and Vice President Alben Barkley (right) salutes as they walk outside the White House on Inauguration Day. Others in the background are unidentified. This photo came from an album of photos given to members of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery that attended the Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (center, right) takes the oath of office from Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (center, left), during the Inauguration ceremony. Vice President Alben Barkley is standing behind President Truman. This photo came from an album of photos given to members of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery that attended the Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (center, left) waves his hat as he and Vice President Alben Barkley (center, right) stand at the reviewing stand for the 1949 Inaugural Parade. Others are unidentified. This photo came from an album of photos given to members of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery that attended the Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman delivers his Inaugural Address. Vice President Alben Barkley is seated in front row on the left. This photo came from an album of photos given to members of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery that attended the Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman.

From left to right: First Lady Bess Truman; Margaret Truman; Mrs. Max Truitt, daughter of Vice President Alben Barkley; Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley; and President Harry S. Truman, are leaving the Blair House for the Capitol on Inauguration Day.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon, entitled "She Ain't What She Used to Be!" by Burris Jenkins, originally published in the New York Journal-American. It depicts a donkey labeled "NEW DEAL" looking weak while Sam Rayburn, Alben Barkley, and J. Howard McGrath try to help the horse while other men try to harm the horse. James Farley is standing in the corner. Harry S. Truman labeled "LIGHT HORSE HARRY" approaches the horse in a jockey uniform and carrying a saddle. The original drawing of this cartoon is in the Truman Library museum collection.

President Harry S. Truman throws out the first pitch at a baseball game between the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics. In the front row, from left to right: Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Truman, General Robert Landry, Connie Mack, Vice President Alben Barkley, and Washington Senators manager Bucky Harris. Seated near the center, partly obscured by President Truman is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing a few rows directly behind President Truman is Colonel Cornelius Mara (in uniform). All others are unidentified.

Vice President Alben W. Barkley (front row, seventh from the left) takes the oath of office. President Harry S. Truman is in the front row, fifth from the left. Also in the front row, from left to right, are Marian (Mrs. Max) Barkley Truitt, Margaret Truman, and First Lady Bess W. Truman, unidentified man, President Truman, and Chief Justice Fred Vinson. Others are unidentified.