A print titled "Proposed Airport-Grandview Site: Master Plan." The drawing of the proposed Grandview Airport, later known as Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport, shows dimensions, elevations, county lines, railroads, roads, and other details.
An "Industrial Property Map" that details the ownership and acreage of plots surrounding the Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport. A legend highlights the stages of runway development at Lambert Field. City limits, roads, railroads, and other details are also included. Handwriting on the back reads: "President's Airport Commission File, 'St. Louis, Missouri.'"
A print that shows the Kansas City Municipal Airport and Fairfax Airport. At the confluence of the Missouri River and Kansas River, the Kansas City Municipal Airport drawing features engineering notations, the length and width of the runways, the location of the Trans World Airlines building, and other details. The Fairfax Airport drawing highlights the length of the runways and the location of the Administration Building. Handwriting, north of the Fairfax Airport, locates a "Range Station." Also shown on this drawing are levee lines, the U.S.
A road map of Missouri that shows roads, road conditions, bridges, ferries, county seats, state parks, national forests, State Highway Patrol radio stations, mileage figures, and other points of interest. The map includes insets of Kansas City and St. Louis and an index with population figures of cities and towns. Annotations on the map highlight the approximate miles and air distances from a proposed airfield site at Flatwoods Valley in Iron County to airfields in Rolla, Cape Girardeau, and St. Louis (Meramec, Lambert, and Parks).
A highway map of Iron County, Missouri. The map shows roads, railroads, airfields, boundary lines, parks, churches, schools, houses, farms, businesses, and other governmental, commercial, historical, and recreational landmarks. The map has been annotated to show the location of a proposed airfield within the Clark National Forest. The population of Ironton and Arcadia and the elevation of Taum Sauk Mountain have been revised. Handwriting on the back reads: "Papers of Senator Harry S. Truman. Folder: War Dept.-Air Corps-Beginning Sept. 1942."
A United States Geological Survey map titled "Missouri: Ironton Quadrangle." The topographical map shows roads, railroads, schools, cemeteries, landmarks, contour lines, elevations, depths, and other details. Annotations on the map refer to a proposed airfield at Flatwoods Valley in Iron County, Missouri. Handwriting describes the location and condition of the proposed airfield site while highlighting surrounding roads and a United States military rifle range. Other handwriting on the front reads: "41." Handwriting on the back reads: "Topog.
General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander, arrives at Atsugi Airfield in Japan. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946. [These photographs have also been reproduced in 8x10 and are in the regular photo boxes.]