Inaugurations

Aerial view of the Capitol and the parade in progress. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

The inaugural stand, 1/4 mile away. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Distance view of President Harry S. Truman's inaugural address. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

President Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Aerial view of the Capitol and the inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Honorable Alben W. Barkley takes the oath of office as Vice President for the United States. President Harry S. Truman can be seen at left. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

The Inaugural stand, taken by the Signal Corps, U. S Army, from a quarter mile away, showing the U. S. Capitol building. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

The inaugural stand and the Capitol building, taken from a quarter mile away. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Inaugural party with program by movie stars and others. Left to Right: Edgar Bergen, Joan Davis, Lena Horne, Margaret O'Brien, George Jessel, unidentified, Dorothy Maynor, unidentified, unidentified, President Harry S. Truman, Alice Faye, Phil Regan, unidentified woman (partly obscured), Lucy Monroe, unidentified man, Jane Powell, Kathryn DeWitt, Gene Kelly. This photograph is from the Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaking into microphones on the rear platform of the train taking his family from Washington, D. C. to Independence, Missouri on Inauguration Day, January 20, 1953. Man standing behind the President is unidentified.