Presidential inaugurations

President Harry S. Truman giving the inaugural address. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

President Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice Fred Vinson. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Left to right: Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, Mrs. Max Truitt, daughter of Vice President Alben Barkley, Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley, and President Harry S. Truman, leaving the Blair House for the Capitol on inauguration day. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins

Attorney General Robert Kennedy (right) visits the Harry S. Truman Library and former President Harry S. Truman (left). All others are unidentified.

Members of Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery flank the Presidential car with President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley as the parade forms east of the Capitol Building.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley (in car) were escorted by an honor guard of Battery D of the 35th Division on Pennsylvania Avenue during the inaugural parade. Battery D was President Truman's World War I battery.

Aerial view of the display of Armed Forces equipment on the Washington Monument grounds during Inaugural week. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Virginia float in 1949 Inaugural Parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Color Guard of the United State Coast Guard Academy in inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Massachusetts float in Inaugural Parade in 1949. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.