Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Vice President and Mrs. Alben W. Barkley, Dean Acheson, and Others at Reception
Battery D accompanying presidential limousine at beginning of Inaugural Parade
Members of Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery flank the Presidential car with President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley as the parade forms east of the Capitol Building.
President Truman and Vice President Barkley in Inaugural Parade with Battery D Members
President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley (in car) were escorted by an honor guard of Battery D of the 35th Division on Pennsylvania Avenue during the inaugural parade. Battery D was President Truman's World War I battery.
Truman, Barkley and McGrath
President Harry S. Truman (left) and Vice President-Elect Alben Barkley (right) holding up their hands, on the rear of a train at Union Station in Washington, D.C. Democratic National Committee Chair J. Howard McGrath in background.
Harry S. Truman and Alben Barkley
Truman and Barkley shaking hands
Portrait of 1949 Cabinet
President Harry S. Truman's 1949 Cabinet seated around the table in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Clockwise, left to right: Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Vice President Alben Barkley, Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin, Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom Clark.