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Changchun, Manchuria, entrance to main building of Continental Institute for Science, reported to have been burned by Chinese communists. Photograph shows military jeep parked beneath entryway and smoke damaged windows at front of building. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Changchun, Manchuria, wreckage of interior of Capitol Building, reported to have been burned by the Soviets. Picture shows interior hallway littered with debris. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Exterior view of the Korean National Capitol building in Seoul, Korea. 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).

Scene of bomb and fire damage in Tokyo, Japan. A six-story building shows evidence of fire damage. 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 corner view of the Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., taken in summer. From: Jane Lacy (formerly Jane Taylor).

Illustration of the Pacific Rubber Company building.

Japanese Army Second Fuel Depot at Chinhsi, Manchuria. View of gas producer furnaces. 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).

Grandview Masonic Lodge, in Grandview, Missouri, where Harry S. Truman was a member. This photograph was taken for an article on Harry S. Truman in Modern Woodmen Magazine in 1945. See also photos 62-41 through 62-53. Donor: Robert E. Frank, Modern Woodmen of America.

Two naval officers shown at the podium at the dedication of the "Harry S. Truman Annex" at the Naval Station Key West. From: White leather album from unknown donor.

Naval officer speaking at the podium with other naval officers seated on the platform at the dedication of the "Harry S. Truman Annex" at the Naval Station in Key West, Florida. From: White leather album from unknown donor.