Crowds

Crowd gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for celebration of Lincoln's birthday. People unidentified.

A crowd gathered around a boxcar from the French "Merci train." The train was a gift from France to the United States in recognition of U.S. aid to France after World War II. All are unidentified.

Crowd and a band gathered at the ceremony presenting a railcar from France to the United States in gratitude for U.S. aid in World War II. People unidentified.

View of the crowd at President Harry S. Truman's Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C.

Crowd of attendees at President Harry S. Truman's Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C.

Crowds watch as an unidentified marching band passes by at President Harry S. Truman's inaugural parade.

Crowd watching the floats pass by at President Harry S. Truman's inaugural parade.

People of North Korea. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Group of unidentified people standing next to a railroad siding in North Korea. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945 to 1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Koreans cheer MacArthur for releasing prisoners from Japanese jails. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).