Historic sites

Two men in front of a Buddha statue, the one on left apparently an American soldier. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations tour. 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).

In Liaoyang, Manchuria, a group from the U.S. Reparations tour stand in front of a Confucius alter that is 800 years old. 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).

L'Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in Paris, after World War I. 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.

Beautiful 1893 photo of the George Porterfield Gates residence at 219 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri (also known as the Truman home). Standing in front of the house is, apparently, George Porterfield Gates. Note the carriage block at the street. From: John Elliott (Duplicate by written permission of owner only.)

Left to right: George Wallace, Helen Wallace, and Maud Louise Wells sit on the steps of the front porch of the George Porterfield Gates home at 219 N. Delaware, Independence Missouri. George Wallace is Bess Wallace's brother. Helen Wallace is the child of Myra Gates Wallace, Madge Gates' sister, and Maud Louise Wells is the daughter of Maud Gates Wells, Madge Gates' other sister. From: John Elliott.

The first courthouse of Jackson County, Missouri. It was erected in 1827. From: Jackson County Historical Society, Johnnie Staton.

Plaque on the first courthouse in Jackson County, Missouri. It in inscribed: "The first courthouse of Jackson County. Erected 1827. Donated to the city by Christian Ott, Jr., Mayor of Independence. Removed to this site, 1916. This tablet placed by the Independence Pioneers Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Centennial Year 1927." From: Jackson County Historical Society.

Old Roman Wall in Cimez, 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.

Gate de St. Victoire". Ancient gate to Verdun. Note the old draw bridge." 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.

From left to right, Truman Library Curator Milton Perry, Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks, and Dr. Clement Silvestro at the Marshall's desk in the Old Jail Museum, Jackson County Historical Society in Independence, Missouri.