Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

President Harry S. Truman (seated left, back seat) and Vice President Alben Barkley (seated right, back seat) wave to the crowds and photographers from the motorcade during their return to Washington after the 1948 Presidential election. Seated between them is Democratic National Committee Chairman J. Howard McGrath. Second row, left to right: First Lady Bess W. Truman; Margaret Truman; and Marian (Mrs. Max) Truitt, daughter of Vice President Barkley. All others unidentified.

Left to right: Vice President Alben W. Barkley; Marian Barkley Truitt; Margaret Truman; First Lady Bess W. Truman; and President Harry S. Truman return to the White House after the 1948 Presidential election. Also pictured: General Harry Vaughan (behind Mrs. Truman, left). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated left, back seat) and Vice President Alben Barkley (seated right, back seat) wave to the crowd from the motorcade during their return to Washington after the 1948 Presidential election. Also pictured: First Lady Bess W. Truman (second row, left); Margaret Truman (second row, second from left); and Democratic National Committee Chairman J. Howard McGrath (center, back seat). All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated left, back seat, lead car) and Vice President Alben Barkley (seated right, back seat, lead car) wave from the motorcade during their return to Washington after the 1948 Presidential election. Crowds of people and a band line the street. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated left, back seat, lead car) and Vice President Alben Barkley (seated right, back seat, lead car) wave to the crowd from the motorcade during their return to Washington after the 1948 Presidential election. Also pictured: First Lady Bess W. Truman (second row, left). All others unidentified.

Left to right: Senator Edwin C. Johnson; unidentified; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Vice President Alben Barkley; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman in the Secretary of Senate's office for a luncheon honoring the retiring and incoming Administrator of the Petroleum Administration for Defense.

Left to right: Senator Edwin C. Johnson; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Bruce K. Brown, former Deputy Administrator, Petroleum Administration for Defense; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; J. Ed Warren, Deputy Administrator, Petroleum Administration for Defense; and Vice President Alben Barkley at a luncheon in honor of Brown and Warren in the Secretary of the Senate's office.

President Truman, Cabinet members, and others on the reviewing stand for the welcoming of the President of France. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall; French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; Vice President Alben Barkley; President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; President of France Vincent Auriol; Foreign Minister Robert Schuman; and District Commissioner John R. Young. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Edgar Morris, President of the Washington Board of Trade (at podium) gives a welcoming address for President Auriol of France. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Vice President Alben Barkley, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, President Harry S. Truman, French President Vincent Auriol, District Commissioner John R. Young, unidentified (behind Morris), First Lady Bess W.

From left to right: Vice President Alben Barkley, Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and Senator Hubert Humphrey at the Midwest Farm Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook