Bridges

A small bridge leading to the village of Tapel on Luzon, Philippines, site of the Tapel Massacre on July 1, 1945. The bridge is the site where three people were killed by the Japanese. Donor: John Paxton

A bridge near Tapel, Gonzaga Cagayan Province, Luzon, Philippines, where eight people were reported to have been killed by the Japanese on or about July 1, 1945. Donor: John Paxton

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) poses with an unidentified man during a visit to the Caddoa Bridge on the Arkansas River.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) with an unidentified woman during a visit to the Caddoa Bridge on the Arkansas River. Man in background unidentified.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (center) and unidentified people during a visit to the Caddoa Bridge over the Arkansas River.

View of the Caddoa Bridge during high water levels for the Arkansas River. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman visited the bridge.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman visits the Caddoa Bridge on the Arkansas River. The two men at left are unidentified.

Distant view of the London Bridge which connects the city of London and Southwark, London. The photograph was taken during a trip to the Far East by United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup and party.

President Harry S. Truman points to the Grand Coulee Dam as he, Washington Governor Mon Wallgren (center) and Manager of the Columbia River District of the Bureau of Reclamation Frank A. Banks (left) view the dam from a bridge. The Dam was a stop on Truman's presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Aboard the S.S. President Cleveland after departing from San Francisco, California with the next destination being Los Angeles, California. The Golden Gate Bridge is on the left. All individuals are unidentified. Vernice Anderson was on board, sailing with Ambassador-at-Large Philip Jessup on his mission to the Far East.