Airplanes

Edwin Locke, special assistant to President Truman, is pictured with an unidentified group in front of an Eastern airline plane. Eddie Rickenbacker is wearing a straw hat and is fourth from the right.

Edwin Locke, special assistant to the president, boarding a TWA airplane. All others are unidentified.

Left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, James Chapman, and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman next to an airplane after arriving in Hawaii.

A large group greets Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman and family as they exit an airplane at the Hilo Airport in Hilo, Hawaii. Pictured: Secretary Chapman (sixth from left); Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (seventh from left); James Chapman (behind donkey); and Oren E. Long, Territorial Governor of Hawaii (standing, fourth from right). All others unidentified.

Left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; James Chapman (in front of Mrs. Chapman); James Kealoha, Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors, Hawaii County, Hawaii; and Oren E. Long, Territorial Governor of Hawaii, as they stand in front of an airplane after the arrival of Secretary Chapman and family in Hilo, Hawaii.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (center) disembarks an airplane at the Central Airport in Mexico City. Secretary Chapman is in town to visit several oil refineries. All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (third from left) in front of an airplane at the Central Airport after arriving in Mexico City to visit several oil refineries. Also pictured: Antonio J. Bermudez, Director, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) (second from left); Manuel Tello, acting Secretary of State for Mexico (second from right); and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico William O'Dwyer (right). All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (center, right) speaks with Antonio J. Bermudez, Director of Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) (center, left), on a plane to the Salamanca Refinery in Guanajuato, Mexico. Also pictured: Bruce K. Brown, Deputy Administrator of the Petroleum Administration for Defense (back to camera, right). All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) speaks with Antonio J. Bermudez, Director, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), on an airplane to the Salamanca Refinery in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Small snapshot of vintage World War I airplane.