International News Photos

Vice President Harry S. Truman being sworn in as President, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt died. Left to right: Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins; Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson; Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace; Secretary of the Navy James A. Forrestal; Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard; Attorney General Francis X. Biddle; Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.; and Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes. In foreground, Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office with Bess Truman in center and Justice Harlan Stone at right.

Exterior view of the Truman apartment at 4701 Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D. C. Capital police are shown on guard around the building where the new President and Mrs. Truman reside until they move into the White House.

Harry S. Truman visits the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy, for a press conference. The man at right is unidentified.

Harry S. Truman in Rome, Italy, with U. S. Ambassador Stanley Woodward at right in the back. The former President is shaking hands with a U. S. Marine.

Harry S. Truman arrives by car to visit the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy, for a press conference.

Former President Harry S. Truman (third from left at table) visits the U. S. Embassy in Rome, Italy for a press conference. Ambassador Stanley Woodward is second from left at table; Mr. Truman's assistant, Gene Bailey, is at right (at the table).

Former President Harry S. Truman visits the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy, for a press conference. He can be seen with an unidentified staff member and is shaking hands with U.S. Marines.

Harry S. Truman is outside the U. S. Embassy

Former President Harry S. Truman is in the U. S. Embassy in Rome for a press conference. U. S. Ambassador Stanley Woodward is seated by the standing former President.

Former President Harry S. Truman, with cane in hand, walks down a sunny Rome street. He is accompanied by a crowd. Ruins loom in the background. Ambassador Stanley Woodward is seen behind Harry S. Truman at left.