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Truman Family with Alben Barkley Upon Arrival in Washington, D.C

President Harry S. Truman (left, in back seat), Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (right, in back seat), First Lady Bess W. Truman (left, in front seat), and Margaret Truman (right, in front seat) sitting in an open car in the Washington, D.C. train station. Democratic National Committee Chairman J. Howard McGrath is in the middle in the back seat. Truman and Barkley had just returned to Washington after their victory in the 1948 election.

Truman and Barkley in Washington After 1948 Election

From left to right, Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley, Marian Barkley Truitt, Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and President Harry S. Truman, posing together on the front porch of the White House, with other dignitaries standing behind them. President Truman and Vice President-elect Barkley had just returned to Washington, D.C. after winning the election of 1948. Standing behind Mr. Barkley and Ms. Truitt, partly obscured, are Admiral William D. Leahy and General Harry Vaughan. Standing behind President Truman, partly obscured, is Captain Robert Dennison.

Autographed Photo Truman Family and Vacation Party at Key West

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and members of the President's party assemble for a photo taken on the lawn outside the presidential compound at Key West, Florida. The photo is autographed by all parties. Left to right, sitting, are: John R. Steelman, Bess Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, and William D. Hassett. Standing, left to right, are: Stephen J. Spingarn, General Robert B. Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Charles G. Ross, General Harry Vaughan , General Wallace H. Graham, and David K. Niles.

Mrs. Samuel Weston, Mr. Pillsbury, and Margaret Truman at Pillsbury's Third Annual Baking Contest

At the awards luncheon held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, Margaret Truman looks on as Mrs. Samuel P. Weston, Grand Prize winner in Pillsbury's third Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest, helps Philip W. Pillsbury to a bite of her prize-winning Starlight Double-Delight Cake. From: Truman Home - Album "Pillsbury's 3rd Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest," Waldorf-Astoria, New York, presented to Margaret Truman from and autographed by the Pillsbury Family.