U.S. Navy

Dr. Alan T. Waterman (center), former director, National Science Foundation, stands at the pole that marks the bottom of the Earth. He was with a group of distinguished visitors visiting Antarctic bases.

Miss Vernice Anderson (left) and scientist Laurence M. Gould (right) at the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica.

Aerial view of McMurdo Station located on Ross Island off the coast of Antarctica.

Unidentified polar explorers and Miss Vernice Anderson (right) seen canceling mail at the McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

Group of visitors to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, posing next to the bust of American pioneer polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd. Pictures (left to right): Mr. Rutford, Mr. Campbell, Grover E. Murray, Miss Vernice Anderson, Laurence M. Gould, and Mr. Niemburg.

One of the firemen sits in the cab of Santa Fe No. 26, the train that carried President Harry S. Truman to and from California on his trip to the West Coast. He is unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Three members of the train crew of Santa Fe No. 26 stand in front of the engine at a rail yard in Los Angeles, California. This is the train that carried President Harry S. Truman to and from the west coast on his trip. They are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (4th from right) and a group of unidentified men pose for a photo at the Jefferson City, Missouri train station, as the President returns from a presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 59-373-1)

Margaret Truman is surrounded by reporters as she holds a press conference on the train returning President Harry S. Truman and family to Kansas City after a presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 96-129) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A crowd gathers at a railroad station in a small town in Idaho to hear President Harry S. Truman speak as he makes a Whistlestop during his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. President Truman is not pictured here. (Same as 66-671) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.