Airplanes

A four-engine German transport plane, the Junkers 290, lands at Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio - the first of such type to reach the United States. The captured plane will be studied by the Air Technical Service Command. From: Pershing Tousley, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

President Harry S. Truman (shaking hands at left) greets President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla of Chile upon his arrival in Washington, D. C. for a 3 week visit to the United States. Bess Truman is standing with back to the camera, others are unidentified. See also 66-2396. From: Rosa Markmann de Gonzalez Videla to Margaret Truman.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower and grandson, David Eisenhower, depart presidential airplane at Kansas City Municipal Airport. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower depart airplane at Municipal Airport in Kansas City. From: Copied for original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower standing by presidential airplane at Municipal Airport in Kansas City. Others are unidentified. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower depart airplane at Municipal Airport in Kansas City. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

Margaret Truman, daughter of the President, shown leaving Washington National Airport today for her concert debut in Detroit tomorrow night. From: Beth Gore.

Air-minded Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace is shown in the cockpit of a training plane at the National Airport in Washington. From: Beth Gore.

Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan, accompanied by Senator Alben Barkley, Kentucky, and Mrs. Vandenberg, left for the Paris Peace Conference Saturday. Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson saw them off. Left to right: Dean Acheson, Senator Alben Barkley, Mrs. Vandenberg, and Senator Arthur Vandenberg. From: Beth Gore.

Former President and Mrs. Truman photographed with unidentified dignitaries after their arrival for the 1955 reunion of the 35th Division in Little Rock, Arkansas. From a red leather album of photos, a gift from Ralph E. Truman. These photos are similar to 66-6600 through 66-6616.