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Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961

Vice-President Harry S. Truman Preparing to Take Oath of Office

Vice-President Harry S. Truman is taking the oath of office, at 7:09 p.m., after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bess and Margaret Truman are standing to the right of Mr. Truman. Immediately behind Mr. Truman are (from left to right): Press Secretary Jonathan Daniels, Admiral William Leahy, Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, unidentified man (mostly obscured), receptionist William Simmons, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. All others are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman and others at the dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library

Former President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman and others sit and await the start of the ceremonies dedicating the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas. Of those who can be identified (right to left) are unknown, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Bess Truman, Harry S. Truman, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and Ladybird Johnson. From: Sam Rayburn.

Former President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and others at the dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library

Former President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman and others stand before their chairs at the beginning of the dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas. Of those who can be identified are several unidentified people, Lady Bird Johnson, Senator Lyndon Johnson, Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, and two unidentified people. From: Sam Rayburn.

Dedication ceremony of the Harry S. Truman Library

Dedication ceremony of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence. Pictured left to right in front row: unidentified, Independence Mayor Robert P. Weatherford, unidentified, Sam Rayburn, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, former President Herbert Hoover, former President Truman, Basil O'Connor, unidentified at podium. from: Copied from photographs loaned to the Library by Mary Shaw Branton.