Airplanes

Ecuadorian Indians attending presentation of the airplane "Spirit of Kansas City" in Quito, Ecuador.

Kansas City Mayor H. Roe Bartle (center) in Quito, Ecuador with unidentified couple during presentation of the airplane "Spirit of Kansas City."

Kansas City Mayor H. Roe Bartle (third from left)in Quito, Ecuador at the presentation of the airplane "Spirit of Kansas City" to the people of Ecuador. The airplane was sponsored by the Kansas City Women's Commission for International Relations and Trade.

View of crowd in Quito, Ecuador at the presentation of the airplane "Spirit of Kansas City" to the people of Ecuador.

Ceremony in Kansas City relating to the presentation of the airplane "Spirit of Kansas City" to Ecuador by the Kansas City Women's Commission for International Relations and Trade. Mayor H. Roe Bartle is speaking with former President Harry S. Truman seated on the stage.

Unidentified man at Kansas City ceremony regarding presentation of the airplane "Spirit of Kansas City" to Ecuador by the Kansas City Women's Commission for International Relations and Trade.

Presidential airplane of President Harry S. Truman, the "Independence," in flight over unknown location.

Airplane crew 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).

Colonel O'Keefe and Edwin Pauley upon Pauley's return to Washington. 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).

A. B. Einig (left) and Earl L. Shaner, apparently aboard an airplane. 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).