Barron, Carter T., 1905-1950

From left to right: Carter T. Barron, representative of Loew's Capitol Theater, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures; Vice President Harry S. Truman; Lana Turner; Admiral William Halsey; and Senator Alben Barkley at the U.S. Capitol. Donor: Carter T. Barron.

President Harry S. Truman poses for photographers with his family and others at the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" during the dedication of the Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park. From left to right: Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton; Margaret Truman; Carter Barron, Executive Vice Chairman of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission; President Harry S. Truman; and First Lady Bess W. Truman. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 6.

Members and representatives of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission are shown the commemorative postage stamps for the event. From left to right: Joseph C. McGarraghy, Chairman of the Executive Committee; Assistant to the President John R. Steelman; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Carter Barron, Executive Vice-Chairman; and John Russell Young, President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Presentation of the National Capital Sesquicentennial stamp takes place in Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson's office. Chief Justice Fred Vinson represented the Federal Government Judicial Branch. Carter Barron represented the Sesquicentennial Commission as Vice President of that Committee. The stamp went on sale to the general public on August 2 , 1950.

The Armed Services Committee of the 1949 Presidential Inaugural Parade discusses marching logistics in a Pentagon meeting with Carter T, Barron, Parade and Special Events Chairman. Seated, left to right, are: Colonel Orin H. Wheeler, United States Marine Corps; Colonel Charles M. Gettys, U.S. Army, Chairman of the Armed Forces Committee; Carter T. Barron; Captain Atherton Macondray, U.S. Navy. Standing: Lieutenant Colonel Julian M. Bleyer, U.S. Air Forces and Lieutenant Commander M. A. Whalen, U.S. Coast Guard.

The Armed Services Committee of the 1949 Presidential Inaugural Parade discusses marching logistics in a Pentagon meeting with Carter T. Barron, Parade and Special Events Chairman. Seated, left to right, are: Colonel Orin H. Wheeler, United States Marine Corps; Colonel Charles M. Gettys, United States Army, Chairman of the Armed Forces Committee; Carter T. Barron; Captain Atherton Macondray, United States Navy. Standing: Lieutenant Colonel Julian M. Bleyer, United States Air Forces and Lieutenant Commander M. A. Whalen, United States Coast Guard.

President Harry S. Truman with his family and others at the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" during the dedication of the Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park. From left to right: Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton; Margaret Truman; Carter Barron, Executive Vice Chairman of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission; President Harry S. Truman; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Joseph C. McGarraghy, Chairman of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission; and unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Carter T. Barron, right, Executive Vice Chairman of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission, at a ceremony in Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder's (left) office, presents the Missouri Scroll to an unidentified man (center). From: John W. Snyder Papers.

President Harry S. Truman with his family and others at the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" at the Rock Creek Park Amphitheatre. From left to right: unidentified; Margaret Truman; Carter Barron, Executive Vice Chairman of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission; President Truman; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Joseph C. McGarraghy, Chairman of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission; and unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) at his desk in the Oval Office, receiving a gold commemorative medal of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission from Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the U.S. Mint (seated, right). Also present are (left to right) Joseph C. McGarraghy, Chairman of the Commission; Carter Barron, Executive Vice Chairman; and Paul Massman, Sesquicentennial Manager.