Presidential inaugurations

Breakfast given by President Harry S. Truman to Battery D, prior to his Inauguration. Original is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at lunch during inauguration festivities. Standing: Margaret Truman, Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt (daughter of Alben Barkley). Seated, left to right: Unidentified man, President Truman, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Vice President Barkley, and unidentified man.

State of Missouri float passing the review stand during the 1949 Inaugural Parade.

State of Missouri float in front of the Capitol Building during the 1949 Inaugural parade.

Official Truman-Barkley Inaugural Dinner. Original is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben W. Barkley in the Inaugural Parade after taking their oaths of office. Original is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman taking the oath of the Presidency, from Fred Vinson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman at the 1949 Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C. From left to right: unidentified man, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, Ms. Perle Mesta, President Truman, Margaret Truman, Inaugural Ball Co-Chairman Edgar Morris, and Arthur Bergman.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (center), his wife Bess Wallace Truman (right), and daughter Margaret Truman arrive at the White House on Inauguration Day. Others in the background are unidentified.

Inaugural parade float from Lamar, Missouri, birth place of President Harry S. Truman. Original photograph is from a photo album of 1949 inaugural events.