Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-69-2-62
James A. Reed receives an item from an unidentified man during his swearing-in ceremony as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary Reed's wife, Julia Reed (third from left), and other guests look on. A portrait of George Washington, painted by Gilbert Stuart ca. 1805, hangs on wall above the mantelpiece with model of the U.S.F. "Constitution."