Airports

President Harry S. Truman speaking from the podium at the dedication of Friendship (now Baltimore-Washington) International Airport in Baltimore, Maryland. From: Mr. Richard W. Darrow, Chairman, Dedication Committee, Friendship International Airport, the Glenn T. Martin Company, Baltimore, Maryland.

General Walton Walker and General Douglas MacArthur at the Pyongyang, Korea air field.

National Airport, arrival of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee.

Written on back: "View of Airfield. North Field. Tinian Island 1945. 99th Bomb Squadron V.H., 9th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force." Wide view of the airfield, with several planes and huts visible. This photo is part of the Irwin R. "Bob" Meismer Photographs Library Collection.

Written on back: "North Field Tinian." Airplanes sit on the airfield at Tinian Island in the Pacific during World War II. This photo is part of the Irwin R. "Bob" Meismer Photographs Library Collection.

Written on back: "Tinian Island 1945." View of the United States Army Air Force Base on Tinian Island during World War II. This photo is part of the Irwin R. "Bob" Meismer Photographs Library Collection.

A small group of Atlantic Pact (NATO) trainees visiting the United States met with General Dwight Eisenhower at the MATS Terminal at Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. Trainees pictured include: Norway Air Cadet Nils C. Astrup, French Master Sergeant Jean Paul Leyzat, Belgian Air Cadet Andre Jonckheers, Canadian Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer Robert N. Langton, Danish Navy Chief Petty Officer Mogens A. Petersen, Italian Navy Chief Petty Officer Mario Sabbatini, Dutch First Sergeant Thomas J.C. Benningshof, and British Sergeant H.S. Edwards.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from the podium at the dedication of Friendship International Airport in Maryland. The presidential seal is in view. Sent to the president from Richard W. Warrow, Chairman of the Dedication Committee for Friendship International Airport, Glenn L. Martin Company.

Members of a United States delegation and others stand beside an airplane at the airport in Dublin, Ireland. From left to right: Senator Hugh Butler; United States Minister to Ireland David Gray; Senator Allen J. Ellender; Representative Will Robinson; three unidentified men; J. Weldon Jones, Assistant Director, United States Bureau of the Budget; three unidentified men.

Members of a United States delegation of officials stand together at the airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands. From left to right: Unidentified; J. Weldon Jones, Assistant Director, United States Bureau of the Budget; Unidentified; Senator Allen J. Ellender; unidentified; two unidentified military officers.