Airports

J. Weldon Jones (third from right in coveralls) and others stand on the airfield in New Delhi, India. Also present is Senator Hugh Butler (third from left). All others are unidentified. This photo is from a trip made by several Congressmen and government officials to the Far East.

Members of a United States delegation stand together beside an airplane at the airport in Prague, Czechoslovakia. From left to right: unidentified; Colonel Frank Kurtz, Senior Aide; Senator Allen J. Ellender; Representative Fred Crawford (mostly obscured); unidentified; Senator Hugh Butler; and J. Weldon Jones, Assistant Director, United Stated Bureau of the Budget. This photo is from a trip made by several Congressmen and government officials to the Far East.

This is a view of unidentified people working by hand on the airfield, New Delhi, India. This photo is from a trip made by several Congressmen and government officials to the Far East.

An unidentified family at the airport. The boy has a sign on his hat "All the way with LBJ." Ilona Massey is in the background, second from the left, talking to the pilot. All others are unidentified.

The President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, greets the President of Ecuador, Galo Plaza, as the latter arrives at the National Airport, Washington, D.C. With them are the Ambassador of Ecuador, Don Luis Antonio Penaherrera (center) and his wife (left). From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Galo Plaza, President of Ecuador to the United States of America, June 20 to 29, 1951"

President Harry S. Truman and his staff have arrived at Boca Chica airfield in Florida. They plan to board the Independence bound for Washington National Airport. Military personnel are present as well as members of the press. Distance view, showing the "Independence" airplane. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives, 4 X 5 negatives.

Austrian Vice Chancellor Adolf Scharf waves farewell as he boards the plane in New York for his return to Europe. From: Album, "Visit of His Excellency Dr. Adolf Schaerf, Vice-Chancellor of Austria to the United States of America, March 1 to March 21, 1952."

Former Vice-President John Nance Garner, left, and former President Harry S. Truman, right, as they faced reporters after Mr. Truman's arrival in Uvalde, Texas. They are at an airport. Mr. Truman is here attending the 90th birthday celebration of Mr. Garner which will be climaxed with a barbeque lunch. From: Houston Post.

Kansas City, MO. Former President Harry S. Truman, arriving at Kansas City Municipal Airport today after a visit in the east, displays an ivory walking stick presented to him by humorist Harry Hershfield. The stick reportedly was once owned by President Ulysses S. Grant. The Harry S. Truman Library commented that if its history is correct the cane was given to Grant in 1879 by Li Chang, then prime minister of China. From: Houston Post.

More than 200 girls, members of Brownie troops, turned out today at Will Rogers Airport here in Oklahoma City to greet former President Harry S. Truman. Mr. Truman smiles at the children while Democratic leaders surround him. Truman arrived here to attend a Democratic rally at the University of Oklahoma tonight.