Bridges

Temporary bridge in Kungyuan, Manchuria, built by Chinese Nationalists as replacement for bridges disabled by Chinese Communists. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Pillbox fortification on railroad bridge in Liaoyang, Manchuria. The Reparations Mission party crossed the bridge by jeep. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

A bridge in an unidentified Asian town. This photograph dates from Edwin W. Pauley's travels in Asia as a member of the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.

A bridge leading to a village in an unidentified Asian country. This photo dates from Edwin W. Pauley's travels in Asia as the U.S. ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.

The Williamsburg clears a draw bridge on a trip through Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4X5 negative.

Officer and enlisted men watch the draw bridge from the presidential yacht Williamsburg during its trip to Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4X5 negative.

Aerial view of a highway in Manhattan, Kansas, crossing the high waters of the Kansas River cresting over flood stage during the flood of 1951. On the left a railroad bridge is partially under water. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

View from the Intercity bridge on the downstream side of the Missouri-Pacific railroad bridge during the 1951 flood, showing high water from the Kansas River cascading over the railroad bridge. A sign in the foreground reads "Central Industrial Dist - Kansas. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

View of the Hannibal Bridge on the Kansas River, Kansas City, Kansas, during the 1951 flood showing Federal Barge Lines barges butting up against the bridge. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

Aerial view of the Missouri-Pacific railroad bridge on the Kansas River with floodwaters cascading over the rails. In the background is the Fairfax area, Kansas City, Kansas. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.