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Harry S. Truman Taking the Oath of Office

58-457-01
Accession Number
58-457-01
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 345250325
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Children of presidents
First ladies
Legislators
Oaths
Presidential succession
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Oaths - President - 1945; Truman - Bess - Ceremonies - Oath of Office; Truman - Margaret - Ceremonies - Oath of Office
People Pictured
Biddle, Francis B. (Francis Beverley), 1886-1968
Blandford, John Bennett, 1897-1972
Crowley, Leo T. (Leo Thomas), 1889-1972
Fleming, Philip B. (Philip Bracken), 1887-1955
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952
Krug, Julius A. (Julius Albert), 1907-1970
Martin, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1884-1968
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980
Perkins, Frances, 1882-1965
Ramspeck, Robert, 1890-1972
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Stettinius, Edward R. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949
Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965
Wickard, Claude R. (Claude Raymond), 1893-1967
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Credit:
Harry Goodwin
Washington Post

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office at the White House after the death of President Roosevelt. From left to right: Philip B. Fleming, Public Works Administrator; John B. Blandford, Jr., Housing Administrator; Leo Crowley, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor; Henry Stimson, Secretary of War; Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce; Julius Krug, War Production Board Administrator; James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; Claude Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture; Francis McNamee, Department Chairman, War Manpower Commission; Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Harry S. Truman; Edward Stettinius, Secretary of State; Bess Wallace Truman; Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior; Margaret Truman; Harlan Stone, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House; Fred Vinson, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion; Representative Joseph Martin, House Minority Leader; Representative Robert Ramspeck, House Democratic Whip; Representative John McCormack, House Majority Leader.
Date(s)
April 12, 1945