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Four Men by a Swimming Pool

Four unidentified men in swimming trunks pose by a pool somewhere on an island in the Caribbean. Four men in swimming trunks by a swimming pool somewhere in the Caribbean. The photo was taken during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

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Exterior view showing the back of what is believed to be the home of Charles Thayer in Pennsylvania. A portion of the swimming pool is also in view. Identified on back of photograph as "from lawn, corner of S pool."

Members of the armed services at a swimming pool buffet provided by the American Newspaper Women's Club

Service men and volunteers gather around the swimming pool at "White Pines," the Arlington County place of Mr. and Mrs. Davis for a supper of spareribs, franks, baked beans, and other hearty treats, sponsored by the American Newspaper Women's Club of Washington, D.C., as part of "Operation Homefront." The party was one of a Sunday afternoon series which moved to the country with the advent of hot weather. The date and identities of the group are unknown. From: Truman Home.

Ben Olsen in Pool in Tokyo, Japan

Ben Olsen, member of Reparations Mission, standing in swimming pool in the gardens of the Mitsui Club where the Reparations Mission stayed in Tokyo, Japan. 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).

Col. William Mayer in Pool in Tokyo, Japan

Colonel William Mayer, member of Reparations Mission, stands in swimming pool in the gardens at the Mitsui Club where the Reparations Mission stayed in Tokyo, Japan. 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).