Crowds

Former President Harry S. Truman (foreground) arriving through the crowd at the dedication of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. Former President Herbert Hoover is upper left background. All others are unidentified.

Former President Herbert Hoover arriving through the crowd for the dedication of the Herbert Hoover Library in West Branch, Iowa. Former President Harry S. Truman is in right foreground, next to woman with camera. All others in crowd are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) greeting a crowd in Arco, Idaho, by a Recreation Hall. He is on his western trip. Military Aide General Harry Vaughan can be seen on lower steps of the building in his uniform. Same as 66-682.

A view of the crowd at the party commemorating Oscar LaRoque leaving the service of the Home Loan Bank Board and returning to the Federal Home Loan bank of Greensboro. Mr. LaRoque is standing in the front row, wearing glasses and a bow tie. All others are unidentified.

Exterior view with a group of several unidentified workers. The location may be Stalingrad and the Stalingrad Tractor Plant which was visited by Harriman on his 1959 trip. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev. There is an original 35mm negative.

Exterior view with a group of several unidentified workers. The location may be Stalingrad and the Stalingrad Tractor Plant which was visited by Averell Harriman on his 1959 trip. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev. There is an original 35mm negative.

Exterior view of a group of people, taken at an unknown location during W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Russian trip. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev. Original 35mm negative.

Crowds of unidentified people gather on the deck of the United States Lines building while waiting for the cruise ship S.S. America to leave the harbor. Margaret Truman, Annette Wright, and Reathel Odum traveled to Europe on board the S.S. America.

One of the first tanks of the Second Armored Division to arrive in Berlin, Germany, passing a street corner on which the building is completely destroyed and with crowds watching the corners. All people are unidentified.

One of the first American tanks of the Second Armored Division to make their appearance in the heart of Berlin, Germany. This tank is one of the outposts on the Haupstrasse near the center and the curious crowds standing about looking at the wreckage of the area are in the background.