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Vice President Harry S. Truman (left) with unidentified others at the Lincoln Memorial, celebrating Lincoln's birthday.

Ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial, celebrating Lincoln's birthday, attended by Vice-President Harry S. Truman.

View of the crowds on had to witness the fourth Inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Vice President Henry Wallace witnessing the swearing-in of Harry S. Truman as his successor (Truman obscured).

President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivering his fourth Inaugural address from the White House.

President Harry S. Truman (left) signs S. 591, the Red Cross Reorganization Bill, at his desk in the Oval Office as Basil O'Connor (center), Chairman of the American Red Cross, and Howard Bonham (right), American Red Cross public relations director, look on.

President Harry S. Truman (left) signs S. 591, the Red Cross Reorganization Bill, at his desk in the Oval Office as Basil O'Connor (center), Chairman of the American Red Cross, and Howard Bonham (right), American Red Cross public relations director, look on.

President Harry S. Truman (center) receives a gift of a turkey from Wilton E. Hall, delivered by Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina (right) and Colonel Lewis Jackson (left).

President Harry S. Truman (center) receives a gift of a turkey from Wilton E. Hall, delivered by Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina (right) and Colonel Lewis Jackson (left).

A delegation from the Venezuelan Embassy presenting a bust of Simon Bolivar to President Harry S. Truman. From left to right: Senor Dr. Don Francisco Alvarez, First Secretary of the Venezuelan Embassy; Senor Dr. Don M. A. Falcon-Briceno, Charge d'Affaires of Venezuelan Embassy; President Truman; and Senor Arturo Briceno.