Airplanes

Visitors to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, seen with their "orange survival bags" prior to boarding the plane at McMurdo Station that would take them throughout Antarctica. All individuals are unidentified.

United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup (right) with Consul General William Langdon (left) upon arriving in Penang, Malaysia (formerly known as Malaya), standing in front of an airplane.

View of United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup's plane at the Kallang Airport located in Kallang, Singapore. The photograph was taken during a trip to the Far East by American Ambassador-at-large Philip C. Jessup and party. All individuals are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) boards a plane after his visit to the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He visited Guantanamo Bay during a vacation cruise of the area. He is boarding the plane in order to fly to Key West, Florida for the remainder of his vacation. He is shaking hands with White House staff member William Simmons.

Unidentified male posing in front of an airplane in Angkor, Cambodia. This photo was taken by Vernice Anderson when she traveled with Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup on his mission to the Far East.

United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup (center) and party prepare to board their plane to depart Saigon, Indochina, during Ambassador Jessup's mission to the Far East. Miss Vernice Anderson, Secretary to Ambassador Jessup, and Mr. William Gibson, aide to Ambassador Jessup, can be seen in the far right hand corner. On the left is George M. Abbott, Consul General of the United States Embassy in Saigon. All other individuals are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman waves to his welcoming committee as he exits an Air Force plane at Portland, Oregon, where he is scheduled to view the Columbia River flood at Vanport. (See 2012-253.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman waves to his welcomers as he exits an Air Force plane at Portland, Oregon, where he is scheduled to view the flood damage from the Columbia River at Vanport, Oregon. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (center) stands under the protective wing of an Air Force plane on a rainy day at Portland, Oregon, where he awaits transportation to view the Columbia River flood damage at Vanport, Oregon. The others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Photo of a naval seaplane landing in the Caribbean Sea, taken from the deck of the Williamsburg during President Harry S. Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Cuba and Key West. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.