Fred M. Vinson (right) taking the oath of office as Chief Justice of the United States at the South Portico of the White House. The oath is being administered by Chief Justice D. Lawrence Groner of the United States District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (left).
President Harry S. Truman speaking from the South Portico of the White House the day of the swearing-in of Fred M. Vinson as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Three women, family members of Fred M. Vinson, on the South Grounds of the White House on the occasion of his swearing in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. All are unidentified.
President Harry S. Truman speaking from the South Portico of the White House during the swearing-in of Fred M. Vinson as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Fred M. Vinson (right) at the Southern portico of the White House as he is being sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Chief Justice D. Lawrence Groner of the United States District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (left).
Fred M. Vinson (right) at the Southern portico of the White House as he is being sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Chief Justice D. Lawrence Groner of the United States District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (left).
President Harry S. Truman confers with members of the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion in Washington, D.C.: (front row, left to right) John W. Snyder; Anna M. Rosenberg; President Truman; Eric A. Johnston; and Albert Goss; (back row, left to right) Edward P. Felker; T. C. Cashen; Edward O'Neal; Chester Davis; and Nathaniel Dyke.