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President Harry S. Truman (back seat, left) waves to the crowd as his limousine moves down the street during the Inaugural Parade. All others are unidentified.

This is a view of one of the tables at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Standing in the center from left to right are Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Seated on the right is Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson. All others are unidentified.

This is a view of one of the tables at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. All are unidentified.

Attorney General Tom Clark (foreground, left) chats with Mary Ellen Pendergast (center) and Jacquie Roche at President Harry S. Truman's Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center), Vice President Alben Barkley (right), and an unidentified man pose for a picture at the Truman-Barkley Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

A tank with soldiers moves past the reviewing stand during the Inaugural Parade for President Harry S. Truman. President Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley are seated behind the stars and stripes banner in the reviewing stand. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) returns to Washington, D. C. after his Western campaign tour. Truman is shaking hands with Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman's arrival in Washington, D.C. from his campaign trip. Left to right: Two unidentified men, Mrs. Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and President Harry S. Truman on the rear of the train. They are at Union Station, Washington, D. C.

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

The first floor China Room of the White House. In this room were examples of china from almost every family who had lived in the White House. The Christy portrait of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge hangs there. This photo can be found in the book "The White House and Its Thirty-Four Families" by Amy La Follette Jensen. The National Archives number for this photo is 79-AR-1700-1Y. The Truman Library purchased this photo from them in 1979.