Monuments

The Lincoln Memorial illuminated at night during President Harry S. Truman's inaugural celebration.

Fireworks illuminate the night sky near the Washington Monument during President Harry S. Truman's inaugural celebration.

View From Top of Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

View of base of Eiffel Tower and sites beyond in Paris, France. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Changchun, Manchuria; H. M. Thorne in front of monument Soviets erected to themselves. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

A monument erected by the Soviets, with a Russian tank placed on top of it, in commemoration of the surrender of the Japanese army. 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).

Unidentified Asian monument photographed during Edwin W. Pauley's travels in Asia as a member of the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.

President Harry S. Truman standing in his limousine as he arrives for the ceremony celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Washington Monument.

Military bands behind the reviewing stand at ceremonies celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Washington Monument. President Harry S. Truman is standing at the reviewing stand, speaking to the crowd.

President Harry S. Truman speaking from the podium at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Washington Monument. Others are unidentified.