Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953

George C. Marshall (left) is taking the oath for the position of Secretary of State, as President Harry S. Truman (center, background) looks on. Marshall is sworn in by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (right). Visible in the background behind President Truman are, from left to right: Senator Arthur Vandenburg (partially obscured by Marshall's shoulder), Rear Admiral James Foskett, Major General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom Clark. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

After a day visit back to Washington, D.C., President Harry S. Truman returns to Key West, Florida to resume his vacation. Pictured left: two unidentified men, First Lady Bess Truman, Roberta Vinson, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, and President Harry S. Truman. Standing on the stairs are General Robert Landry and Press Secretary Joseph Short. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman greets General George Marshall and William Pawley upon their arrival at the Little White House in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, President Truman, General Marshall, and Mr. Pawley. The photographers are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman seated with his presidential party at the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Front row from left: Dr. John Steelman, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, President Truman, Admiral William Leahy, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett. Back row, from left: William Bray, General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Chief of Protocol Stanley Woodward, Press Secretary Charles Ross, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham, Assistant Press Secretary Eben Ayers.

From left to right, Assistant Press Secretary Eben Ayers, General Harry Vaughan, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, and Congressman George Smathers (in background, near steps) arrive in Boca Chica, Florida to join the rest of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party in Key West. Standing on the right is General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center foreground, right) takes the oath of office and is sworn in as President by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Fred Vinson (center foreground, left). Also present are Margaret Truman (behind railing, fourth from the left) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (behind railing, fifth from left). All others are unidentified.

Fred Vinson (left) and Matt Connelly (right) shake hands across a desk. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman reads the Japanese surrender message from the Oval Office at the White House, with Cabinet members and others also present. In the front row, from left to right, are Admiral William Leahy, Secretary of State James Byrnes, President Truman, and former Secretary of State Cordell Hull.

George C. Marshall, in the foreground on the left, is sworn in as Secretary of State by Chief Justice Fred Vinson, in the foreground on the right. Standing behind them, from left to right, are: Senator Arthur Vandenburg, Admiral William Leahy, Major General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Attorney General Tom C. Clark, President Harry S.