Airports

President Harry S. Truman (center, wearing hat) talks to the press at Washington National Airport before he embarks for Key West, Florida for a vacation. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (standing on the ground at the stairs) welcomes Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras as he disembarks from the presidential plane Independence at Washington National Airport. He is in Washington, D.C. for a state visit. All others are unidentified.

Dr. Carlos Prio Socarras, President of Cuba and his party arrive at Washington National Airport in Washington D.C. on the presidential airplane, the Independence. All are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, right) greets President Romulo Gallegos (front row, left) of the United States of Venezuela upon his arrival at Washington National Airport. General Harry Vaughan and Captain Robert L. Dennison are right of President Truman. All others are unidentified.

Admiral Dennison (second from the right) at an airfield, presumably Boca Chica, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negatives.

Photograph of John Paton Davies, Jr. (left), new Counselor of Embassy, arrives at Lima, Peru airport. Man on right is unidentified.

Aircraft at Boca Chica, Key West Florida. This photo was taken during President Truman's ninth Key West visit. On the nose are the digits 816. The Air traffic control tower is in the background. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

Winston Churchill (right) stands with British Ambassador Lord Halifax (left) as Mr. Churchill arrived at the airport in Washington, D.C. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 2.

President Harry S. Truman (left) meets Secretary of State George C. Marshall (right, on stairs) at the airport. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

Edwin Locke's team heads for the airport in Canton having finished their work there on Mr. Locke's third mission to China.