Pratt and Whitney

Senator Harry S. Truman is the keynote speaker at the ground breaking ceremony for the Pratt and Whitney Plant in Kansas City. He is shown speaking at the podium, the sky in the background. Pratt and Whitney later became the Bendix Plant, located in Kansas City, Missouri at 95th and Troost. Donor: Harvey H. Lippincott, archivist of Pratt and Whitney. It was sent to the Truman Library by Floyd A. Walker, editor of Bendix newsletter. Credit photo to Pratt and Whitney. The Pratt and Whitney Archives are located in East Hartford, Connecticut.

A young Charles Ross (first row, left) is shown on the steps of the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Building in Kansas City, Missouri, with a group of unknown men. Charles Ross was probably a journalist at this time.