Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

Vice President Alben Barkley and Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer (partially hidden)at a Washington Board of Trade for Airports Advisory Committee dinner.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Vice President Alben Barkley wave to crowd before the reviewing stand, located in front of the White House, during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right) returned to Washington from a speaking engagement in California and was greeted by Vice President Alben W. Barkley (left) and Undersecretary of State James E. Webb. He arrived aboard the Presidential plane Sacred Cow after a 10-hour non stop flight from San Francisco.

Vice President Alben Barkley (left) and Secretary of State Dean Acheson exchange greetings--and smiles--at National Airport in Washington. Barkley went to the airport to welcome Acheson back to the Capitol from California, where he made a major speech at the University of California at Berkeley.

Vice President and Mrs. Alben W. Barkley enjoy a joke with their guests at a reception they gave in their Waldorf-Astoria Hotel suite just prior to the $100 a plate Democratic Party Dinner. Left to Right: Mrs. Max Truitt, Mr. Barkley's daughter; Mrs. William M. Boyle, Jr., Mr. William M. Boyle, Jr., Mrs. Barkley, Vice President Alben Barkley, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Mr. Boyle is chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

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 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.

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.

Return of President Harry S. Truman and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley to Washington, D. C. after Presidential election. Between them is Senator J. Howard McGrath. Bess Truman, Margaret Truman and Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt, Senator Barkley's daughter, are seated in front of them.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Alben Barkley (right) smile for the photographer in front of unidentified onlookers. They are onstage at the 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Donor: Montgomery Foto Service.