Airplanes

Margaret Truman, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, and President Harry S. Truman starting on a tour of the Kansas, Missouri, and Central Valley flood area.

Presidential airplane, "The Independence".

Senator Harry S. Truman (right) and three unidentified men in front of an airplane.

American Airlines advertisement "California, Here We Are". Original is oversize.

Presidential airplane, The Independence. From an album of photographs of the visit of President Harry S. Truman to Wake Island for a conference with General Douglas MacArthur. General MacArthur's plane, SCAP, follows the Independence in take-off.

President Truman's airplane, "The Independence" (an Air Force C-118 aircraft).

Donald Dawson talks on the telephone while on an airplane. Others in the photo are unidentified.

United States officials prepare to board a plane. They are en route to St. Croix, Virgin Islands on a Pan American flight to attend a meeting on agricultural problems of the islands and the Virgin Islands Company. At the top of the stairs, left is Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan. In the second row on the stairs, reaching down to shake hands with an unidentified man, is Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. Ralph Will is standing on the ground, far right. Also present is Mason Barr (exact position unknown). All others are unidentified.

Members of a United States delegation and others stand beside an airplane at the airport in Dublin, Ireland. From left to right: Senator Hugh Butler; United States Minister to Ireland David Gray; Senator Allen J. Ellender; Representative Will Robinson; three unidentified men; J. Weldon Jones, Assistant Director, United States Bureau of the Budget; three unidentified men.

Members of a United States delegation pose for a photograph outside their airplane at Prestwich Airfield, England, ready to depart for Iceland. Kneeling, left to right: two unidentified military officers; J. Weldon Jones, Assistant Director, United States Bureau of the Budget. Standing, left to right: two unidentified men; Representative Fred Crawford; Senator Allen Ellender; unidentified officer; Representative Will Robinson; unidentified officer; Senator Hugh Butler; four unidentified men. This photo is from a trip made by several Congressmen and government officials to the Far East.