Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

President Harry S. Truman with President Galo Plaza on the steps at Blair House. From left to right: President Plaza, Luz Plaza, Mrs. Rosario Plaza, President Truman, Elsa Plaza, Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley, and Vice President Alben Barkley. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

A view of the Inaugural platform at the Presidential Inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. President Harry S. Truman is at the front of the group descending the steps on the left. In the center of the group descending the steps is Vice President Alben Barkley. Also present are, left to right in the first row on the right side of column: First Lady Bess W. Truman, Pat (Mrs. Richard) Nixon, and Mamie (Mrs. Dwight D.) Eisenhower. Standing on the left side at the end of the second row, near the podium is former President Herbert Hoover.

Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman India Edwards (right) giving a speech during the Regional Conference of Western Democratic States in San Francisco, California. Also pictured: Vice-President Alben Barkley (left). All other individuals are unidentified.

Mrs. India Edwards, Vice-Chairman, Democratic National Committee (left) giving a visual presentation on Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan's agricultural plans at the Des Moines Regional Conference. Also pictured: Vice-President of the United States, Alben Barkley (right).

An unidentified speaker at a Democratic Party Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. In attendance are Vice-President Alben Barkley (third from left) and Mrs. India Edwards, Executive Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Committee (fourth from left). All others are unidentified.

Shown at the door of the White House are left to right: Jesse Donaldson, Vice President Alben Barkley, Secretary of Treasury John Snyder, Tom Clark, and Dean Acheson.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his staff attending a baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox. First row, from left to right are: Vice President Alben Barkley; Chief Justice Fred Vinson; President Truman; Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators; Admiral William D. Leahy (between Griffith and Harris); Bucky Harris, manager of Senators; Lou Boudreau, manager of the Red Sox. In the second row, from left to right: unidentified; General Harry Vaughan; General Robert Landry; Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, Senator Elmer Thomas, Senator Alben W. Barkley, Governor Robert S. Kerr, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan, and Senator James Tunnell at a luncheon in Washington, D.C., given in honor of Governor Kerr. Governor Kerr was the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention.

From left to right: Joseph T. Higgins, Chairman of the Thomas Jefferson Day Dinner; Robert E. Hannegan, Democratic National Committee Chairman; Senator Alben W. Barkley, Senate Majority Leader; and James A. Farley, Democratic State Committee Chairman at the Jefferson Day Dinner at the Commodore Hotel in New York City.

President Harry S. Truman in a motorcade with (left) Vice-President Alben Barkley (right) and the Mayor of San Francisco, California, Elmer G. Robinson. President Truman stopped in San Francisco during his return from conferring with General Douglas MacArthur on Wake Island.