Boats and boating

American boats at Taihoku Harbor, Formosa.

Row boat and pond on the grounds at Katsura Palace in Kyoto, Japan. Scanned from original negative.

Beach with two boats on the water and others on the shore in Vietnam.

A mail boat plies between the mainland of Japan and an outlying island. From the album "Mail Service of Japan," edited by Tokyo Motion Picture Company.

Men from the Middle State Utilities Company working on a boat to repair power lines damaged by the Missouri River flood, somewhere near Sioux City, Iowa. All men are unidentified.

Unidentified people are on a boat in a flooded town in South Dakota.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from right) rides aboard a boat with other. Others pictured are: Charles S. Murphy (fourth from right), Governor of Michigan G. Mennen Williams (far right), and Nancy Quirk Williams (second from left). All others are unidentified. It is believed that this photograph was taken while President Truman was visiting Mackinac Island in Michigan. The picture is autographed and reads: "To Charlie Murphy from Harry Truman." See also 2004-421.

Sailors assist in bringing a damaged North Korean sampan on board the USS Manchester. The North Koreans unsuccessfully attempted to mine the USS Manchester in Wonsan Harbor off the coast of Korea. All are unidentified. The photograph was in an album entitled "The story of the North Korean small boat flotilla who attempted to mine us in on [sic] a dark foggy night R. Adm. Lewis S. Parks. USS Manchester."

A damaged boat from the small boat flotilla that attempted to mine the USS Manchester, is maneuvered along side the Manchester by naval seamen in a United States "whale boat." The sailors are unidentified. The photograph was in an album entitled "The story of the North Korean small boat flotilla who attempted to mine us in on [sic] a dark foggy night R. Adm. Lewis S. Parks. USS Manchester."

A lifeboat on the presidential yacht Williamsburg, docked for maintenance at the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D.C. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.