Rites and ceremonies

L to R: U.S. Forest Service Chief Lyle F. Watts , holding gavel; Mr. Noble with trophy, and Mr. Smith, at a ceremony in Ogden, Utah.

Bahamas News Bureau description for this photograph reads: "An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 Whisperjet is pictured at Nassau International following the airlines' inaugural Nassau flight, Jan. 20. The Royal Bahamas Police Force Band provided music for the historic occasion. Mr. Arthur D. Lewis, Eastern's senior vice president and general manager, topped the list of Eastern officials and dignitaries from the U.S. who were on the inaugural flight." The date is believed to be 1967. Charles S.

Unidentified people perform a complicated 16th century tea ceremony.

Melrose Hoffman of Coaldale, Pennsylvania, in ceremony as she assumed her duties as Queen of Lions International for the Mexico City convention. On the same row as Hoffman: Miss Wisconsin, Miss Kansas, Indian Girl, Queen Melrose, Harold P. Nutter, Roy Keaton, Miss Ohio, and Miss Colorado. Aztec Indian performers in background. Sent to President Harry S. Truman by James Gildea of Coaldale, Pennsylvania, who wished to arrange for Miss Hoffman to meet President Truman.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower stands on a platform surrounded by press at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Eisenhower Library. All others are unidentified.

A large crowd and band attends the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower rides in a convertible automobile with unidentified others in front of a military guard and a large crowd at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Eisenhower Library. President Eisenhower is in the back passenger side seat.

A military guard stands at attention at the ground breaking ceremonies for the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas. All in photo are unidentified.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower stands on a platform and salutes the flag at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas.

A profile shot of President Dwight D. Eisenhower as he stands on a platform at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas. Others in the photo are unidentified.