Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Truman Opening Baseball Season at Griffith Stadium
Truman Opening Baseball Season at Griffith Stadium
President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with Vice President Alben Barkley at Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium, on the occasion of the opening game of the 1950 baseball season, as other dignitaries look on. Standing in the front row of the presidential box are, from left to right: Admiral Robert Dennison, Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Truman, Vice-President Barkley, and Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith (in light-colored hat, with his arm on Barkley). All others are unidentified.
Truman Conversing at Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner
Truman with Cabinet at Blair House
President Harry S. Truman with his Cabinet, in the rear dining room at Blair House. Seated, left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; the President; Vice-President Alben Barkley; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Attorney General Tom Clark. Standing, left to right: Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; and Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin.
Truman Congratulating Tom C. Clark
President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with newly sworn in Associate Justice Tom C. Clark. From left to right: Justice Clark, Vice President Alben Barkley, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, President Truman, and Chief Justice Fred Vinson.