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Large sign hung above Pennsylvania Avenue near the Willard Hotel, saying, "Welcome Vice Pres. Barkley." President Harry S. Truman and Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley had just returned to Washington, DC after their victory in the 1948 election.

Return of President Harry S. Truman (right) and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley (second from the right) to Washington, D.C. after the Presidential election. Others are unidentified.

Margaret Truman (seated, right) attends the Inaugural Gala for her father, President Harry S. Truman, at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D. C. Captain William Zimmermann appears in military uniform behind Margaret's right shoulder. All others are unidentified. From the Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Truman on the Presidential train at a campaign stop in Willard, Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman on the Presidential train at a campaign stop in Willard, Missouri. The other gentlemen on the train platform with him are unidentified.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vice-President-elect Harry S. Truman, and Vice-President Henry Wallace in a car. President Roosevelt is returning to the Capitol from Union Station during a downpour of rain.

President Harry S. Truman with David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister, and H. E. Abba Eban, Ambassador, of Israel. President Truman is receiving a gift of a menorah.

Return of President Harry S. Truman and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley to Washington, D.C. after the Presidential election. Seated in back, left to right: President Truman, J. Howard McGrath, and Vice President-elect Barkley. Seated in front, left to right: Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt (daughter of Alben Barkley).

Return of President Harry S. Truman from whistlestop tour during Presidential campaign. President Truman is seated on left in back. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (back seat, left) in the back of an automobile, upon his return to Washington, D.C. from a campaign trip. Others in the car are unidentified.