Fine Books & Manuscripts
Sat, Jan 27, 2018 11:00AM EST - Sun, Jan 28, 2018 11:00AM EST
Lot 23
1945 Photo of Truman Taking the Oath of Office.
Estimate: $250 - $350
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Truman, Harry S. 1945 Photo of Truman Taking the Oath of Office. Washington, D.C, 1945. Original photo depicting Truman taking the oath of office at the White House after the death of President Roosevelt. Also shown, from left to right: Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor; Henry Stimson, Secretary of War; Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce; Julius Krug, War Production Board Administrator; James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; Claude Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture; Francis McNamee, Department Chairman, War Manpower Commission; Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury; Harry S. Truman; Edward Stettinius, Secretary of State; Bess Wallace Truman; Harlan Stone, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House; Fred Vinson, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion; Representative Joseph Martin, House Minority Leader; Representative Robert Ramspeck, House Democratic Whip; Representative John McCormack, House Majority Leader. 9 ¾ x 13 ½”. Not examined out of vintage frame.
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