Models and modelmaking

James E. Webb, head of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (right) explains a model of the Air Force X-15 to a visitor at his office.

This is half of a stereo slide of two model boats that would be used in a large pond are positioned on a sidewalk in a landscaped garden.

President Harry S. Truman Receives a model of a ship in the Oval Office of the White House. From left to right: unidentified, President Truman, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, and Admiral Ernest King.

Model (under glass) of the U.S.S. Constitution located on the south porch, second floor, of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. (Same as 72-3854; see 72-3905 for floor plan) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by he National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A "before" model of Ba The' Agroville area in Vietnam.

An "after" model of Ba The' Agroville area in Vietnam, showing construction of houses, roads, and other structures.

A color photo showing a brass model of the U.S.S. Missouri at a scale of 1/48th taken at the Naval Electronics Laboratory Center, San Diego, California. The model is now in the Harry S. Truman Library museum. An oversized transparency and a black and white negative of this photo are in the oversize file.

Partial view of Angkor Wat in miniature at a temple in Thailand.

Partial view of a miniature recreation of Angkor Wat at a temple in Thailand.

A View of a building model at a trade fair in Tokyo, Japan, hosted by the People's Republic of China.