Dedications (Monuments, etc.)

First Lady Bess Truman (second from left), Margaret Truman (right) and another unidentified woman, standing with bouquets during the christening ceremony for two Naval airplanes.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (left) christens an airplane with a bottle of champagne. Her daughter Margaret Truman is beside her. All others are unidentified.

First Lady Bess Truman (foreground, third from right) and Margaret Truman (foreground, second from right) hold bouquets during the christening ceremony for two airplanes. All others are unidentified.

Two airplanes and a crowd gathered for the christening of the airplanes by First Lady Bess W. Truman.

First Lady Bess Truman (partly obscured by microphone) christening a Naval Air Transport Service airplane. A view from the side. Standing behind Mrs. Truman is Lieutenant George Elsey. Others are unidentified.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (left), accompanied by Margaret Truman (right), christens an airplane. Mrs. Truman is swinging a champagne bottle. Others in background are unidentified.

View of two airplanes and speakers platform during the christening ceremony for the airplanes. First Lady Bess W. Truman performed the christening.

General George C. Marshall speaking at corner stone ceremony of the New General Accounting Building. From: Harry H. Vaughan.

Mamie Eisenhower and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower approach the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library through an honor guard at the dedication ceremony. Others are unidentified.

From left to right, Robert Bolton, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Archivist of the United States Wayne C. Grover, and Bernard Boutin visit at the dedication ceremony of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library.