Airports

From left to right, Assistant Press Secretary Eben Ayers, General Harry Vaughan, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, and Congressman George Smathers (in background, near steps) arrive in Boca Chica, Florida to join the rest of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party in Key West. Standing on the right is General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman addresses the crowd at the dedication ceremony for Friendship International Airport (now Baltimore-Washington International Airport). Second from left, General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman attends the dedication of Friendship International Airport, now Baltimore-Maryland International Airport. Standing in the front row, from left to right, are: Maryland Senator Millard Tydings, Maryland Governor William Preston Lane, President Harry S. Truman, Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., and Miss Maryland (Jean Crowe). All others in photograph are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center, wearing hat) talks to the press at Washington National Airport before he embarks for Key West, Florida for a vacation. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (standing on the ground at the stairs) welcomes Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras as he disembarks from the presidential plane Independence at Washington National Airport. He is in Washington, D.C. for a state visit. All others are unidentified.

Dr. Carlos Prio Socarras, President of Cuba and his party arrive at Washington National Airport in Washington D.C. on the presidential airplane, the Independence. All are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, right) greets President Romulo Gallegos (front row, left) of the United States of Venezuela upon his arrival at Washington National Airport. General Harry Vaughan and Captain Robert L. Dennison are right of President Truman. All others are unidentified.

Admiral Dennison (second from the right) at an airfield, presumably Boca Chica, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negatives.

Photograph of John Paton Davies, Jr. (left), new Counselor of Embassy, arrives at Lima, Peru airport. Man on right is unidentified.

Aircraft at Boca Chica, Key West Florida. This photo was taken during President Truman's ninth Key West visit. On the nose are the digits 816. The Air traffic control tower is in the background. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.