Truman was inaugurated president at noon on January 20, 1949, just after Alben Barkley was sworn in as vice president. The men and their families them retired to lunch, following which they attended the Inaugural parade.
A 9 by 11 inch photograph taken at the luncheon, picturing the President’s daughter, Margaret Truman Daniel, standing at back next to the Vice President’s daughter, Marian Barkley Truitt, while seated (from left) are Senator Carl Hayden, President Truman, the First Lady, Bess Truman, Vice President Barkley, and Secretary of the Senate Leslie L. Biffle. The photograph is signed by all of them except for Barkley.