Historic buildings

Aerial photograph taken over Washington, D.C., showing the U.S. Capitol Building in the center at the end of the long mall. This was probably taken from the presidential airplane "Independence."

Aerial photograph taken over Washington, D.C., showing the U.S. Capitol Building center right and the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial in the background.

Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh examining the famous Liberty Bell, which rung in 1776, while visiting Independence Hall in Philadelphia. He was joined by Mayor Bernard Samuel (right). All others are unidentified. From photograph album "Visit of his Excellency Mohammad Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran, to the United States of America, October 6 to November 18, 1951."

This is the White House Mantel as it appeared in the White House, prior to the Reconstruction of the White House during Harry S. Truman's Administration.

Big Ben (clock) in London, England. 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Rathaus in Vienna. 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

St. Peter's in Vienna. 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

The Votivkirche in Vienna. 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Chambre a coucher de Henri d'Albret. Chateau De Pau. A castle located in the center of Pau, France. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Part of the "Old Wall" in Nuremberg, Germany. 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).