Airplanes

Second Assistant Postmaster General Gael Sullivan (left), Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (center), and Commissioner of Internal Revenue Joseph D. Nunan, Jr. on boarding stairs of TWA airplane.

The TWA Constellation landing on a landing strip.

Margaret Pace, wife of Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General Frank Pace, and Mrs. Irma P. Hannegan, wife of Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan, at "The Flying Post Office" ceremonies at Washington National Airport.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan and others board a plane from Washington, D.C. to Buffalo, New York. From left to right: James Morrisey, secretary to Congressman George F. Rogers; Hannegan; Congressman George F. Rogers; Allen Thurman, chief liaison officer of the Senate Small Business Committee; and unidentified flight attendant.

Vice-President-elect Harry S. Truman steps off a plane after landing in Washington, D.C.

Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, disembark their plane upon arrival at Washington National Airport.

Visitors to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, seen with their "orange survival bags" prior to boarding the plane at McMurdo Station that would take them throughout Antarctica. All individuals are unidentified.

United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup (right) with Consul General William Langdon (left) upon arriving in Penang, Malaysia (formerly known as Malaya), standing in front of an airplane.

View of United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup's plane at the Kallang Airport located in Kallang, Singapore. The photograph was taken during a trip to the Far East by American Ambassador-at-large Philip C. Jessup and party. All individuals are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) boards a plane after his visit to the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He visited Guantanamo Bay during a vacation cruise of the area. He is boarding the plane in order to fly to Key West, Florida for the remainder of his vacation. He is shaking hands with White House staff member William Simmons.