Presidential inaugurations

A Navy blimp flies over the inaugural parade of 1949. United States flags fly from the windows of the building on the left. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

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 ride on motorcycles in the 1949 Inaugural parade. Caption in original scrapbook read, "Washington's Finest." Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

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.

A photo from a television set of President Harry S. Truman in a car in the Inaugural parade.

President Harry S. Truman (left) waves his hat as he leaves the White House for the Capitol on Inauguration Day with Congressman John W. McCormack (center) and Senator Carl Hayden. The photo is autographed by all three men.

John Spottswood (left) watches as former President Lyndon Johnson (right) prepares to dance with Margaret Truman Daniel (center), assisted by E. Clifton Daniel, Jr., at the Inaugural Ball for President Richard Nixon at the Mayflower Hotel. Note on the back of the photograph reads: "'Come on, Margaret, let's dance.' . . .Lyndon B. Johnson . .is about to lift Margaret bodily out of a box at the Mayflower Hotel Inaugural Ball." Picture has some discoloration on Spottswood's face. Part of a group of photographs belonging to E. Clifton Daniel, Jr.

President Harry S. Truman's home state of Missouri's float passes by the Presidential viewing stands during the Inaugural Parade. All are unidentified.

Soldiers march past President Harry S. Truman's viewing stand at the Inaugural Parade. President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley are standing in the center of the box. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center, left) and Vice President Alben Barkley (center, right) watch the Inaugural Parade from the viewing stands. Also present, seated in the first row, left to right, are: unidentified woman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Marian Barkley Truitt, General Harry Vaughan, General Robert Landry, and Admiral Robert Dennison. Seated behind Mrs. Truman is Margaret Truman. Seated in the third row, second from the left is General Omar Bradley. Seated in the second row, in between General Vaughan and General Landry is Democratic National Committee Chairman J. Howard McGrath.