Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953

President Harry S. Truman (front row, left) leaves after giving a speech at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) conference at the Lincoln Memorial. He is accompanied by (front row) Eleanor Roosevelt and Walter White, president of the NAACP; General Harry Vaughan and Captain James Foskett (second row, left to right); Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson and Senator Wayne Morse (third row, left to right, Vinson partly obscured by Foskett); and Attorney General Tom Clark (behind and to the left of Senator Morse in the bow tie).

Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office at the White House after the death of President Roosevelt. From left to right: 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; Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury; Harry S.

President Harry S. Truman (center, right) takes the oath of office from Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (center, left), during the Inauguration ceremony. Vice President Alben Barkley is standing behind President Truman. This photo came from an album of photos given to members of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery that attended the Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (standing behind desk) reads the victory proclamation, officially ending World War II in Europe, with Germany signing unconditional surrender terms. Gathered around behind the President are (seated): Elmer Davis (hand to face), Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, Major General Philip Fleming, Representative Joseph Martin, General George Marshall, J. Leonard Reinsch, Colonel Harry Vaughan (standing behind Truman), John Snyder, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Margaret Truman, and Secretary of War Henry Stimson. Fred Vinson is in the foreground, looking into the camera.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Jim Berryman in the Washington Evening Star. The cartoon depicts Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson swearing in George C. Marshall as Secretary of Defense in front of President Harry S. Truman. Originally published in 1950.

Vice President Alben W. Barkley (front row, seventh from the left) takes the oath of office. President Harry S. Truman is in the front row, fifth from the left. Also in the front row, from left to right, are Marian (Mrs. Max) Barkley Truitt, Margaret Truman, and First Lady Bess W. Truman, unidentified man, President Truman, and Chief Justice Fred Vinson. Others are unidentified.

Honored guests stand during part of the Inaugural Ceremonies for President Harry S. Truman. The man at the podium is unidentified. Standing behind him are President Harry S. Truman (left) and Chief Justice Fred Vinson (second from left). Vice President Alben Barkley is second from the right. Also present, in the front row are: unidentified, Marian (Mrs. Max) Barkley Truitt, Margaret Truman, and First Lady Bess W. Truman. Others are unidentified.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Jim Berryman in the Washington Evening Star. The cartoon depicts Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson swearing in George C. Marshall as Secretary of Defense in front of President Harry S. Truman. Originally published in 1950.

President Harry S. Truman (right) accompanied by Chief Justice Fred Vinson, waves from his special train today upon his departure for Philadelphia to see the Army-Navy Football game. From; Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman welcomes General George Marshall and William Pawley to The Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Admiral William Leahy; Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson; President Truman; General Marshall; William Pawley.