Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953

A formal studio portrait of the Justices of the Supreme Court dressed in full robes. Left to Right: back row, Wiley Rutledge, Frank Murphy, Robert H. Jackson, Harold H. Burton; front row, Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, Fred M. Vinson, Stanley F. Reed, and William O. Douglas. Original in oversized file.

Hugo L. Black Testimonial Dinner held at the Hotel Statler in Washington D.C. to present the Thomas Jefferson Award of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare to Justice Black. From left to right are Alben W. Barkley, Hugo Black, Clark Foreman, and Fred M. Vinson. The photo is autographed by all four men along the bottom.

Tom Clark being sworn in as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. From left to right: Tom Clark, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (in background), President Harry S. Truman, and Chief Justice Fred Vinson.

Justices of the Supreme Court. Front row, left to right: Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, Fred Vinson, Stanley Reed, and William O. Douglas. Back row, left to right: Tom Clark, Robert Jackson, Harold Burton, and Sherman Minton. The original photo is oversized; the mat of the original is signed by all.

President Truman with his cabinet during a meeting in the Cabinet Room.

President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of War Mobilization Fred M. Vinson walking in the White House Rose Garden.

Today's press conference was a momentous one for War Mobilization Director Fred Vinson. He announced the lifting of the midnight curfew and the revocation of the ban on horse racing. From: Beth Gore.

This is the first picture to be made of Fred M. Vinson since he took over the chairmanship of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. From: Beth Gore.

In an appearance before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson today said the wartime deterioration in Britain's international economic position was even more severe than destruction suffered from enemy air attacks. "To survive," he said, "England must restore and expand her export trade, either by joining the United Nations program for unrestricted world trade, or extending her economic bloc of currency and trade controls." Vinson is shown here at a chart at the committee hearing. From: Beth Gore

Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson being aided by Robert H. Marshall, the African American gentleman who robes all the Justices of the Supreme Court, at the opening of the Court today. From: Beth Gore