1953 Press Photo James B. Conant

Caption: WASHINGTON, Feb. 7—CONANT TAKES OATH—James B. Conant (right) today is sworn is as U.S. high commissioner to West Germany by John F. Simmons (left) state department protocol officer. H. Freeman Matthews, deputy undersecretary of state, witnesses the oath taking. Conant retired as president of Harvard university to take the government post.

The front and back of this photograph are pictured below.