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Colonel Harry Vaughan and Vice President Harry S. Truman

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Colonel Harry Vaughan (standing on the right) looks at a book with Vice President Harry S. Truman (seated, left). He received orders to handle military duties for Vice President Truman, after serving as the military liaison officer for the Truman Committee. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly.

Vice President Harry S. Truman is Sworn in as President of the United States

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Vice President Harry S. Truman, front left, is sworn in as President of the United States by Chief Justice Harlan Stone, front right. Behind them are, from left to right, Attorney General Francis Biddle, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Bess W. Truman (mostly obscured by Truman), Margaret Truman, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion Administrator Fred Vinson, and House Minority Leader Representative Joseph Martin, Jr. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.

Vice President Harry S. Truman is Sworn in as President

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Vice President Harry S. Truman (front left) is sworn in as President by Chief Justice Harlan Stone (center right). Behind them are, from left to right, are: Department Chairman of the War Manpower Commission Francis McNamee, Attorney General Francis Biddle, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius (mostly obscured by Truman), Bess Truman, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, Margaret Truman, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.

Vice President Harry S. Truman is Sworn in as President

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Vice President Harry S. Truman (center left) is being sworn in as President of the United States. With him, from left to right, are Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, War Production Board Administrator Julius Krug, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, Department Chairman of the War Manpower Commission Francis McNamee, Attorney General Francis Biddle, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius (mostly obscured by Truman), Harry S.

Admiral Thomas G. Hart Sworn in as Senator

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Admiral Thomas C. Hart, former Commander of the United States Asiatic Fleet, is sworn in as the Senator from Connecticut to fill the unexpired term of the late Democratic Senator Francis T. Maloney. Pictured from left to right are Vice President Harry S. Truman, Senator Brien McMahon, and Thomas G. Hart. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly.

Vice President Harry S. Truman is Sworn in as President

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt Addresses Congress

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt, seated at the center table surrounded by microphones, reports on the Yalta Conference before a Joint Session of Congress. Vice President Harry S. Truman and acting Speaker of the House John McCormack sit on the rostrum in the back, Truman on the left and McCormack on the right. Others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly.

Lauren Bacall on Top of Piano While Vice President Harry S. Truman Plays

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Lauren Bacall sits on top of a piano while Vice President Harry S. Truman plays the piano. The two appeared at the National Press Club Canteen to entertain servicemen. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly.

Easter Sunrise Service at Arlington National Cemetery

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Vice President Harry S. Truman attended Easter Sunrise services at Arlington National Cemetery that were sponsored by the Knights Templar. The three men in the front are, from left to right, Admiral Ernest J. King, Charles N. Orr, and Vice President Harry S. Truman. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.

Senator Harry S. Truman with Senator Alben Barkley and Vice President Henry Wallace

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After winning the Democratic nomination for Vice-President, Senator Harry S. Truman (left) returns to Washington. In this photo he is meeting with two of his biggest opponents for nomination, Senator Alben Barkley (right) and Vice President Henry A. Wallace (center). This photo is from Volume 1 of Matt Connelly's scrapbook.

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