Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley. Original is oversized and signed by both men. Original oversize photo is stored in vault.

President Harry S. Truman meeting with Congressional leaders. From left to right: Congressman Sam Rayburn; Congressman Charles Halleck; Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg; President Truman; Congressman Joseph W. Martin, Jr.; Senator Wallace H. White, Jr.; Senator Alben W. Barkley. Truman wrote each man's last name on their image.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at lunch during inauguration festivities. Standing: Margaret Truman, Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt (daughter of Alben Barkley). Seated, left to right: Unidentified man, President Truman, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Vice President Barkley, and unidentified man.

President Harry S. Truman and others in car arriving in Washington, D. C. after the 1948 election. Back, from left: President Truman, J. Howard McGrath, Alben Barkley. Front, from left: Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt. Inscribed: "Good luck Mr. President! Yours very sincerely Steve Zweig, Washington, D. C., November 5, 1948" Same as 58-288.

The Truman family and Barkley family on the steps of the White House the day after the election. From left to right: Vice-President Alben Barkley, his daughter Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt, Margaret Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, and President Harry S. Truman.

Political cartoon by S. J. Ray entitled "It must have been an embarrassing moment for the groom" regarding Senator Harry S. Truman's selection as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Vice Presidential candidate. Published around the summer of 1944. Also depicted are Senator Alben Barkley, James Byrnes, and Vice President Henry Wallace.

President Harry S. Truman and others arriving in Washington, D. C. Back, from left: President Truman, J. Howard McGrath, Alben Barkley. Front, from left: Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, and Marian Barkley Truitt. Inscribed: "Good luck Mr. President! Yours very sincerely Steve Zweig, Washington, D. C., November 5, 1948" Same as 58-463-1.

President Harry S. Truman throwing the first pitch at an opening baseball game. Front row, from left to right: Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Truman, General Robert Landry, Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack, Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith (behind Mack, partly obscured), and Vice President Alben W. Barkley.

Alben W. Barkley and Harry S. Truman with a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt, possibly at the 1944 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

President Harry S. Truman is met by Vice President-elect Alben Barkley after the 1948 Presidential election. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.