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President Truman's Motorcade Leaves the Williamsburg to attend Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington

President Harry S. Truman leaves the Presidential yacht Williamsburg and sits in the back seat (far left) of a convertible on his way to attend Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington Cemetery. He is leaving the Naval Gun Factory, Maryland. (Same as 98-801). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Memorial Plaque for Truman Corners

This is an image of a bronze plaque that was installed at the "Truman Homestead Memorial" that Harry S. and Bess W. Truman unveiled at Truman Corners Shopping Center on September 12, 1957. The plaque has small busts of John Anderson Truman, Martha Ellen Young Truman, J. Vivian Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, and Mary Jane Truman at the top. Text below the busts commemorates that the site of the shopping center was formerly farmland that belonged to the Truman family. Donor: New York Herald Tribune.

Entryway to Joseph Stalin Memorial

Exterior view of an entryway to a columned building which is situated over another structure of some sort. Location not given. According to Charles Thayer's curriculum vitae: "In 1955 I made an extended tour of European and Asiatic Russia and wrote a series for the Saturday Evening Post on post-Stalinist Soviet Union." Although not identified, this photograph is thought to have been taken during that trip. This may have been taken in Gori, Georgia which was located in the Soviet Union at the time. The image is believed to be Joseph Stalin's memorial and birthplace preserved in this manner.

Stalin Memorial and Museum in Gori

Full, frontal view of an unidentified columned official looking building. Location is not given. According to Charles Thayer's curriculum vitae: "In 1955 I made an extended tour of European and Asiatic Russia and wrote a series for the Saturday Evening Post on post-Stalinist Soviet Union." Although not identified, this photograph is believed to have been taken during that trip. The structure is probably the not yet finished Stalin memorial and museum in the Georgian town of Gori. Thayer writes in his diary: "This is a large white pavilion with columned openings on each side.