Inauguration Day

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Vice-President Alben Barkley (right) waving from the reviewing stand during the Inaugural Parade. Seated in the background on the left is General Omar Bradley. Seated in the background on the right side, front row are, left to right, General Harry Vaughan, General Robert Landry and Admiral Robert Dennison. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Vice-President Alben Barkley (right) on the reviewing stand during the Inaugural parade, holding cups containing warm beverages in their gloved hands. Seated in the background on the left is General Omar Bradley. Seated in the background on the right side, front row is General Robert Landry (left) and Admiral Robert Dennison (right). All others are unidentified.

Crowd watching the floats pass by at President Harry S. Truman's inaugural parade.

A formation of airplanes, B-36 bombers, flying over Washington during the inaugural festivities for President Harry S. Truman.

Unidentified marching band participating in President Harry S. Truman's inaugural parade.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's Cabinet watch the Inaugural parade from the reviewing stand. Front row, left to right: Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, unidentified boy, unidentified woman, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, unidentified woman. In the second row, left to right are: Under Secretary of State Robert Lovett, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, and Attorney General Tom Clark. All others are unidentified.

Governor Allan Shivers of Texas rides in an open car in President Harry S. Truman's inaugural parade. 

The cadets of West Point pass by the reviewing stand during President Harry S. Truman's inaugural parade. President Harry S. Truman and Vice-President Alben Barkley (seated behind the flag) watch them from the reviewing stand.

Distance view of President Harry S. Truman's inaugural parade. All are unidentified.

Parade float representing the state of Florida as it rounds a corner during President Harry S. Truman's Inaugural parade, with a view of the Capitol in the distance. All unidentified.