Elephant being put onto a ship
A photograph taken from under the elephant being lifted on the boat. The elephant was a gift to President Harry S. Truman for the King of Cambodia.
Elephants
Elephant loading
A photograph of the process of loading an elephant that was given to President Harry S. Truman by the King of Cambodia. The people in the photo are unidentified.
Loading an elephant
A photograph of the loading process for the elephant sent as a gift to President Harry S. Truman by the King of Cambodia. The people in the photo are unidentified.
Elephant feeding
A photograph of a man feeding the elephant that was sent to President Harry S. Truman as a gift from the King of Cambodia.
An elephant
A photograph of a man sitting on top of the elephant sent to President Harry S. Truman from the King of Cambodia. The people in the photo are unidentified.
Elephant loading
A photograph of the loading of an elephant which was a gift to President Harry S. Truman from the King of Cambodia. People in photo are unidentified.
Erskine-Melby Mission go Hunting on Elephants
Members of the Erskine-Melby mission are taken hunting on elephants. John F. Melby is on the back of the middle elephant. They are in Thailand.
School Girls Featuring the Trung Sisters
Two young girls riding on elephants, portraying the historic Trung Sisters of Vietnam, during the parade in Saigon for Vietnam Women's Day. Girls and all others are unidentified.
Route 21 on the Plateau
Image of an unidentified man riding an elephant alongside Route 21 in Vietnam.
An Elephant in the Presidential Inaugural Parade
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (in front center left pillar) and Vice President Richard M. Nixon (in front of center right pillar) watch as an elephant walks by in the parade celebrating their inauguration. All others unidentified.