Air shows

President Harry S. Truman attends Air Progress Demonstration at Andrews Air Force Base and looks up at planes through his binoculars. Standing in the background on the right is Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson. Seated in the background on the right is Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman attends Air Progress Demonstration at Andrews Air Force Base. From left: Colonel David Schilling, General Hoyt Vandenberg, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral Robert Dennison (in background), and General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

Nice photo of President Harry S. Truman waving from the window of B36 bomber during an inspection trip to Andrews Field, Maryland, Air Forces demonstration. Donor: Copied from book by photographer George Tames, "Eye on Washington."

President Harry S. Truman visits Andrews Air Force Base for an Air Progress Demonstration. From left: General Laurence Kuter, General Robert Landry, President Truman, General Harry Vaughan, Secretary Stuart Symington, and General Hoyt Vandenberg .All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman visits Andrews Air Force Base for an Air Progress Demonstration. Front row, left: Secretary of War Kenneth Royall, President Truman, General Robert Landry, and Colonel David Schilling. Walking behind Colonel Schilling is Admiral Robert Dennison. All others are unidentified.

United States Ambassador to Italy (1946-1953), James C. Dunn, is seen toward the left of the photograph wearing a light colored suit and looking upward. He is attending an air show at the Guidonia Airport near Rome. The woman in the dark dress holding a light colored purse may be Mrs. Dunn. Others are not identified.

Reathel Odum (right) and friend, Vee, pose in front of an airplane in a hangar at the air races in Cleveland, Ohio.

Reathel Odum (right), her friend Vee (center), and an unidentified woman pose in front of an airplane at the air races in Cleveland, Ohio.

Military band giving a performance during an air show at Andrews Air Force Base, with a military plane in the background. All are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) shaking hands with General Hoyt Vandenberg, as Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington (third from right) looks on. President Truman is attending an air show at Andrews Air Force Base. In the background are Admiral Robert Dennison (second from left, back to camera) and General Harry Vaughan (third from left). All others are unidentified.