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Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971

Cabinet Meeting

President Harry S. Truman with members of his Cabinet and other officials, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. From left to right around table: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Special Assistant to the President W.

Cabinet Greets Truman at Airport

President Harry S. Truman (back to camera) greets Cabinet members at Washington National Airport, upon his return from a vacation in Key West, Florida. Facing him are, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. All others are unidentified.

Dean Acheson, Admiral William Leahy and General Omar Bradley at Unidentified Conference

Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Admiral William Leahy and General Omar Bradley are shown at a conference of some type, unidentified, with a large group of others. Location and date are unknown. Mr. Acheson is seated on the left side of table, facing camera. General Bradley and Admiral Leahy are seated in the audience behind him. All are in the distance in this photo.

Truman Returns from Key West

Members of the Cabinet greet President Harry S. Truman at Washington National Airport upon his return from a vacation in Key West, Florida. Pictured, foreground, left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson; President Truman; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. All others are unidentified.

Tom C. Clark Sworn In to Supreme Court

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) shakes hands with Tom C. Clark (left) after he was sworn in as an Associate Supreme Court Justice. From left to right: Associate Justice Clark; Vice President Alben Barkley; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; President Truman; and Chief Justice Fred Vinson. Also pictured: Secretary of State Dean Acheson (background, left, behind Barkley); and Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (background, right, behind Vinson, mostly obscured).

Acheson at Carillon Dedication

Secretary of State Dean Acheson (at podium) speaks during the dedication in Meridian Hill Park for the carillon given to the United States by the Netherlands. Also pictured: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (left); President Harry S. Truman (second from left); and Mrs. Ann Chapman (right of podium). Seated behind President Truman is General Harry Vaughan. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Chapman at Carillon Dedication

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (at podium) speaks during the dedication in Meridian Hill Park for the carillon given to the United States by the Netherlands. Also pictured, front row: Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson (second from left); Secretary of State Dean Acheson (third from left); First Lady Bess W. Truman (fifth from left); Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (sixth from left, behind post); President Harry S. Truman (seventh from left). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Carillon Dedication

President Harry S. Truman greets Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. They are at the park for a ceremonial presentation of a carillon to the people of the United States from the Netherlands. On the ground, from left to right: Edward J. Kelly, National Capital Parks Superintendent, President Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (back to camera, in pinstriped suit), Prince Bernhard Leopold (wearing glasses), and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (back to camera). All others are unidentified.