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Helicopters engaged in maneuvers during weapons demonstrations at the U.S. Marine base at Quantico, Virginia. President Harry S. Truman (seated, first row, fourth from left) and other unidentified military dignitaries look on.

View of the presidential yacht U.S.S. Williamsburg, as it arrived in Quantico, Virginia, where President Harry S. Truman attended weapons demonstrations staged by the United States Marine Corps.

President Harry S. Truman speaks at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new United States Court Building in Washington, D.C. Seated in the first row behind Truman are, from left to right: unidentified man (partly obscured); Judge Bolitha Laws, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia; Judge Harold M. Stephens, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia; Justice Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; three unidentified men; and Justice Tom Clark, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) shakes hands and meets members of his Cabinet as he returns from a vacation in Florida. From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, unidentified, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin, President Truman, unidentified. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) helping to guide the laying of the cornerstone for the new United States Courthouse for the District of Columbia. On the left is Justice Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. On the right is Judge Bolitha Laws, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Louis Johnson as he returns from a Florida vacation. From left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Admiral William Leahy, President Truman, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (back to camera).

President Harry S. Truman (left) using a trowel to help lay the cornerstone of the new United States Courthouse for the District of Columbia. At the extreme right are Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Fred M. Vinson and Judge Bolitha Laws, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman attends a cornerstone laying ceremony for the new United States Court Building in Washington, D.C. Speaking at the podium is Judge Bolitha Laws, Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Seated behind Judge Laws on the right are, from left to right: Judge Harold M. Stephens, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia; President Truman; Justice Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; three unidentified men; and Justice Tom Clark, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

President Harry S. Truman waving to the photographer upon his arrival at the airport in Washington, D.C., following a vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing in the background in the tweed coat is Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) with trowel in hand, participating in the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone for the new United States Courthouse for the District of Columbia. From left to right are: Justice Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; President Truman; Judge Bolitha Laws, Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; and Judge Harold M. Stephens, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia.