The 3rd Infantry Color Guard Marching in the 1949 Inaugural Parade
The 3rd Infantry Color Guard marches in the 1949 Inaugural Parade. Original caption in the scrapbook: 3d Infantry Color Guard. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.
Parades
Massed Colors in the 1949 Inaugural Parade
A group of soldiers march with massed colors of the forty-eight states in the Inaugural Parade. Among the flags: the District of Columbia, Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Panama Canal Zone, and Maryland. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.
Omar Bradley, Army Chief of Staff, in the 1949 Inaugural Parade
General Omar Bradley, Army Chief of Staff (left, in backseat of car) is the Grand Marshall of the 1949 Inaugural Parade. Others in the car are unidentified. Sign on the side of the convertible reads, "Grand Marshal." Original caption in the scrapbook is: General Bradley." Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.
Convertible Carrying Unidentified Men in Inaugural Parade
A convertible carries unidentified men followed by two motorcycles in the 1949 inaugural parade. An unidentified soldier smiles on the lower right corner. Caption in the original scrapbook read, "The Cops Are Coming." Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.
Three Unidentified Men Ride in the Inaugural Parade
Three unidentified men in top hats with their driver ride in a convertible in the Inaugural Parade. Caption in original scrapbook states inaccurately that this is outgoing president. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.
Policemen on Motorcycles in the 1949 Inaugural Parade
Policemen ride on motorcycles in the 1949 Inaugural parade. Caption in original scrapbook read, "Washington's Finest." Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.
President Harry S. Truman Rides Surrounded by His World War I Comrades
President Harry S. Truman rides in the Inaugural parade as members of his unit from World War I, Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, walk alongside the car. All are unidentified. The original caption in the scrapbook: The New President with Old War Buddies. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.
Campaign Floats in a California Parade
A three dimensional campaign ad, in the form of a house, reading "Keep it Intact and Elect Harry S. Truman" sits on the back of a flatbed truck as a float in a California parade. The house also has pictures of President Harry S. Truman and Vice Presidential candidate Alben Barkley on it. All people in the photo are unidentified. Donor: Honorable Clyde Doyle
The President of Ecuador, Galo Plaza, in New York City
Ecuadorian President and Senora Galo Plaza along with Mayor Villani, as well as Mayor and Mrs. Vincent Impellitteri waving from the welcoming ceremony parade reviewing stand. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Galo Plaza, President of Ecuador to the United States of American, June 20 to 29, 1951"
President Harry S. Truman and French President Vincent Auriol
President Harry S. Truman (left) and French President Vincent Auriol in deep discussion following welcoming ceremonies in Washington D.C. President Auriol was one of only eighty French Parliamentarians out of eight-hundred-forty-six who voted against the French totalitarian government established after invasion by Nazi Germany during World War II. As a result he was imprisoned. He escaped and joined the French Resistance.