Abbie Rowe

View of one of the tables at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman is second from the right. All others are unidentified.

View of one of the tables at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Standing in the center from left to right are Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. All others are unidentified.

View of one of the tables at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Left to right, unidentified man, unidentified woman, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Evlyn (Mrs. John) Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. All others are unidentified.

View of table at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Left to right, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, and an unidentified man. All others in background are unidentified.

View of one of the tables at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Left to Right, unidentified man, unidentified woman, General Harry Vaughan, Margaret (Mrs. Harry) Vaughan, unidentified man, unidentified woman.

View of one of the tables at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. All are unidentified.

Front row from left to right, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman, along with other unidentified guests. President Truman and his family are seated in the balcony at the inaugural gala at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. In front of the balcony hangs a banner with the Presidential Seal.

Distance view of the crowd at dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Left to right, Unidentified man, President Harry S. Truman, and Vice President Alben Barkley at dinner honoring Truman and Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Left to right, First Lady Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, Marian (Mrs. Max) Truitt (daughter of Alben Barkley), Vice President Alben Barkley, and President Harry S. Truman attending the inaugural gala at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C.