President Harry S. Truman is sworn in as President of the United States. Standing in the foreground from left to right are: Mr. Truman, Bess W. Truman, and Margaret Truman. Standing in the background, from left to right are: Admiral William Leahy, unidentified (mostly obscured by Mrs. Truman's hat), Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, and William D. Simmons. This photo is from the album "The President and his Cabinet," from John W. Snyder.
Senator Harry S. Truman (left) is placing bread in a toaster, while Bess Truman (background, right) looks on. She is standing at the stove, appearing to stir something in a pan. A Fiesta-ware pitcher sits on the counter. They are in the kitchen of their apartment at 4701 Connecticut Avenue, NW in Washington, D.C. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.
Senator Harry S. Truman looks at a bookcase, most likely in the living room of his family's apartment in Washington, D.C. In his hands he holds a book, entitled "Automatic Arms: Their History, Development and Use." From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.
Vice President Harry S. Truman (center left) is being sworn in as President of the United States. With him, from left to right, are Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, War Production Board Administrator Julius Krug, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, Department Chairman of the War Manpower Commission Francis McNamee, Attorney General Francis Biddle, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius (mostly obscured by Truman), Harry S.