Airplanes

President Harry S. Truman stands at the base of an airplane off-ramp with Brig. General R. Dinwiddie Groves (left) and three unidentified Air Force personnel. From: Reserve Officers Association, U.S. Army.

Bjorn Bjornson (left), a Canadian reporter, and an unidentified photographer wave from the stairway of an airplane. Mr. Bjornson covered the visit of President Truman to Canada in 1946. From: Bjorn Bjornson.

Good picture of a laughing Margaret Truman and Harry S. Truman together by an airplane. They are at Washington Airport, where President Truman has returned from a visit to Independence, Missouri. Same as 2001-73 (but more cropped) and 68-1699.

A group of unidentified people getting off a plane in Columbia, South Carolina during Republican presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower's visit there. Sent to President Harry S. Truman by Clyde Rish of Cayce, South Carolina.

Republican Presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower debarking from plane at Columbia, South Carolina. Sent to President Harry S. Truman by Clyde Rish of Cayce, South Carolina.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and W. Averell Harriman (center) speak into a microphone while at an airport. A plane is in the background along with unidentified individuals. An unidentified man stands next to Harriman (left).

Margaret Truman (middle) with Clifton Daniel (directly on Margaret's right) arriving in Kansas City, Missouri before their wedding.

Former President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, one of the many who welcomed Mr. Truman as he disembarked from the Convair plane that brought him, the "Truman Library Special," to Chicago, Illinois for a fund-raising mission. The former Chief Executive will be taking the all-Chicago Committee for the Harry S. Truman Library to Independence, Missouri, for an inspection tour of the building. Left to right are: Col.

Former President Harry S. Truman waves his hat as he disembarks from a Convair airplane, the "Truman Library Special," on a fund-raising mission in Chicago, Illinois. Behind him is an unidentified stewardess, and at the top of the stairs is Illinois Democratic National Committeeman, Col. Jacob Arvey. The other man is unidentified. Donor: Jake Arvey.

A four-engine German transport plane, the Junkers 290, lands at Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio - the first of such type to reach the United States. The captured plane will be studied by the Air Technical Service Command. From: Pershing Tousley, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.