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President Harry S. Truman and others return to Washington, D.C., in a motorcade after re-election

President Harry S. Truman and Vice-President Alben Barkley ride in the back seat of an open-air limousine, waving to the crowd lining Constitution Avenue as they return to Washington after re-election. In the second row of seats are (left to right) Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mrs. Max Truitt, Barkley's daughter. The others are unidentified. From: John T. Smith, Jr.

Statue of Abraham Lincoln

Washington D.C.: Statue of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, in the Lincoln Memorial. The statue, the work of distinguished sculptor, Daniel Chester French, is composed of 20 interlocking blocks of Georgia marble, the figure is 19 ft high, the arm chair is 12.5 ft high.