Airports

Photo of President Harry S. Truman extending a warm welcome to President Expidio Quirino of the Philippines when he arrived at Washington National Airport for an official Washington visit. On the left is Joaquin M. Elizalde, Philippine Ambassador to the United States. From: Beth Gore.

Ambassador Andrei A. Gromyko of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, is shown shaking the hand of an unidentified man at an airport. Ambassador Gromyko is on the right. From: Beth Gore

Left to right: Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and President Harry S. Truman are greeted by Captain Cecil Adell as they step off the plane at the Boca Chica airport in Florida, where the President and family will continue on to Key West. (Same as 66-944 except not cropped) From: National Archives & Records Administration

Former President Harry S. Truman is met at La Guardia Field by daughter, Margaret, after he arrived to make a television appearance in New York City. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (left) and Mutual Security Administrator Harold Stassen are boarding a plane at Washington Airport for a nine-day tour of seven European nations. Before leaving, Dulles reiterated that he was not going to make "new commitments" but gather information on the "common problems" facing the Atlantic community. From: Beth Gore

President Harry S. Truman is shown with his arms clasped in Margaret's (left) and Bess's arms upon his arrival at Washington National Airport. The President had been on a 2-week Florida vacation. There is a photographer in the background on the right. This 9 x 14 photo is superior to 77-444 and others similar to this.

A crowd gathers around President Harry S. Truman's airplane at the airport in Springfield, Missouri. President Truman was in Springfield to attend the 35th Division Reunion.

Plane refueling at Metz, France.

Weimar Airfield and wrecked German bomber. Excavation is filled-in garbage pit from near-by mess tent.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, his daughter Margaret and brother J. Vivian ride in the back seat of an automobile as they depart from Fairfax Airport, Kansas City, Kansas. (See 77-140.) From: Jerry Norberg.