Airplanes

Margaret Truman, participating in a food relief program, is standing outside the airplane with Captain John Dobberteen. From: A leather bound album of 10 8 x 10 photos showing Margaret Truman participating in a brief program which a token shipment of relief food was placed aboard a TWA Constellation bound for Paris, France.

Back from the German war crimes courts, Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson of the Supreme Court returns to Washington by air. From: Beth Gore.

Jesus T. Pinero (right), Governor-Designate of Puerto Rico, and J. A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior, wave goodbye as they board a plane for San Juan at National Airport, Washington, D. C. From: Beth Gore.

President Miguel Aleman of Mexico (center, stairs) arriving for Washington, D. C. visit, greeted by President Harry S. Truman (bottom of stairs).

Visit of President Miguel Aleman (first off airplane, right) with President Harry S. Truman (first off airplane, left) in Washington.

Greeting President Miguel Aleman (shaking hands, right) of Mexico on his arrival in Washington, D. C.

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (left) and Mutual Security Administrator Harold Stassen are boarding a plane at Washington Airport for a nine-day tour of seven European nations. Before leaving, Dulles reiterated that he was not going to make "new commitments" but gather information on the "common problems" facing the Atlantic community. From: Beth Gore

The Honorable Walter J. Donnelly, U.S. Ambassador to Austria, is shown boarding the plane in Vienna for a visit to Germany to visit John McCloy. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman is shown speaking to foreign diplomats, possibly from the Philippines, while Undersecretary of State James E. Webb, (right, with hat in hand) looks on.

Madame Henri Bonnet, wife of the French Ambassador to the United States, is shown here with Jack Frye, President of TWA. She is christening the Constellation airplane "The Paris Sky Chief" prior to the takeoff of a preview passenger flight to Paris, marking the debut of the 300 mile an hour Lockheed Constellation as a luxury liner of the skyways for TWA. Steam was used by Madame Bonnet to christen the plane. From: Beth Gore.