Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

President Harry S. Truman (left, in back seat), Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (right, in back seat), First Lady Bess W. Truman (left, in front seat), and Margaret Truman (right, in front seat) sitting in an open car in the Washington, D.C. train station. Democratic National Committee Chairman J. Howard McGrath is in the middle in the back seat. Truman and Barkley had just returned to Washington after their victory in the 1948 election.

President Harry S. Truman (third from right) and Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (fourth from right) greet two unidentified men on the rear platform of the presidential train. Truman and Barkley had just returned to Union Station in Washington, D.C. after their victory in the 1948 election.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (right) in the Washington, D.C. train station, sitting on the back of an open vehicle, waving their hats to the crowd. Truman and Barkley had just returned to Washington after winning the 1948 election.

Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (second from left) standing with several unidentified people. Barkley had just returned to Washington, D.C. with President Harry S. Truman after their victory in the 1948 election.

Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (left) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal (right), with others looking on. President Truman and Vice President-elect Barkley had just returned to Washington after winning the election of 1948.

From left to right, Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley, Marian Barkley Truitt, Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and President Harry S. Truman, posing together on the front porch of the White House, with other dignitaries standing behind them. President Truman and Vice President-elect Barkley had just returned to Washington, D.C. after winning the election of 1948. Standing behind Mr. Barkley and Ms. Truitt, partly obscured, are Admiral William D. Leahy and General Harry Vaughan. Standing behind President Truman, partly obscured, is Captain Robert Dennison.

President Harry S. Truman greets Senator Alben W. Barkley (Vice President-Elect) and Leslie Biffle (Staff Director of the Senate Minority Policy Committee) at the front door of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, where they posed for photo. (Same as 66-906) From: Naval Photo Center sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley wave as they walk out of the White House on the way to the Presidential reviewing stand during the inauguration. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Left to right: Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, Mrs. Max Truitt, daughter of Vice President Alben Barkley, Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley, and President Harry S. Truman, leaving the Blair House for the Capitol on inauguration day. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins

Senator Alben Barkley (right) and an unidentified man are leaving the White House after Japan announced that it would surrender, thus ending World War II.