Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

President Harry S. Truman (front left) and Vice President Alben Barkley (front right) on inaugural stand. Also pictured are General Omar Bradley (second row, left) and General Harry Vaughan (front row, far right).

Formal portrait of President Truman and his Cabinet. Left to Right: Louis Johnson, Dean Acheson, the President, Vice President Barkley, John Snyder, Tom Clark. Second Row - Left to Right - Julius Krug, Jesse Donaldson, Charles Brannan, Charles Sawyer, and Maurice Tobin.

From left to right Vice President Henry A. Wallace, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley, Vice President-elect Harry S. Truman, and House Majority Leader John McCormack leaving the White House after a meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

President Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the dinner table during the Civil Defense Conference. President Truman addressed the conference later in the evening.

Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan, accompanied by Senator Alben Barkley, Kentucky, and Mrs. Vandenberg, left for the Paris Peace Conference Saturday. Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson saw them off. Left to right: Dean Acheson, Senator Alben Barkley, Mrs. Vandenberg, and Senator Arthur Vandenberg. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman, seated, gives a double handshake to Republican leaders during their first conference with him at the White House. Leaders are left to right: Rep. Sam Rayburn, House Minority Leader; Rep. Charles A. Halleck, House Majority Leader; Senate President Pro-Tempore Arthur H. Vandenberg; Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin, Jr.; Sen Wallace White, Senate Majority Leader and Sen. Alben Barkley, Senate Minority Leader. This is an 11 x 14 photo nearly the same as 69-72, but much better quality.

Vice President Alben Barkley (left)and United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie as guests of honor at the Triennial Dinner of the B'nai B'rith at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C. In Mr. Lie's address, before a crowd of 1,000 guests, he called for a 20 year truce in the Cold War. From: Beth Gore

Vice President Alben Barkley (left) and Secretary of the Senate Leslie Biffle (right) stand on either side of a bust of Leslie Biffle. Photo taken at Les Biffle Day festivities in Piggott, Arkansas.

Victory party in Chinatown, San Francisco, showing the 21-gun salute for the inauguration of President Harry S. Truman. Vice President Alben Barkley is assisted by Albert and Jack Chow. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Cabinet members leaving the White House. Left to Right: Donaldson, Snyder, Barkley, Clark, Acheson and Brannan. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.