Bridges

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.

Typical improvised bridge replacement for those destroyed by Communists in Anshan, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations tour. 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).

Le Grand Viaduc le Funiculaire du Pic du Jer. Viaduct of a mountain railway at Lourdes, lying in the first Pyrenean foothills in southwestern France. Lourdes is the site of a Roman Catholic shrine. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham. Mr. Cunningham served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.