Diplomatic and consular service

Portrait of G. Frederick Reinhardt, which was used in his oral history. During the administration of President Harry S. Truman, he was a foreign service officer at Moscow, 1945-1947; Consul General, 1947; Chief, Division of Eastern European Affairs in the Department of State, 1948-1950; Director, Office of Easter European Affairs, 1950; and Counsellor of Embassy, Paris, 1951-1955. Donor: G. Frederick Reinhardt.

Portrait of J. Graham Parsons used in conjunction with the oral history project of the Harry S. Truman Library. Parsons was a United States Foreign Service Officer, 1936-1972. Department of State photo number US-1476-59.

Portrait of John Melby, State Department official, used in his oral history interview at the Truman Library.

Milton Katz, roving Ambassador in Europe for the E.C.A., at New York International Airport boarding a Pan American World Airways double-decked Clipper for London. He was scheduled to consult with Ambassador Lewis Douglas in London and Ambassador David K. E. Bruce in Paris. From: HST Scrapbook.

From left to right, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Mrs. Perle Mesta, President Harry S. Truman, Miss Margaret Truman and two unidentified men at the Inaugural Ball.

President Galo Plaza Lasso (center) of Ecuador and his wife Rosario Pallares (third from left) chat with Chief of Protocol John F. Simmons (second from right) and Captain Cecil Adell (right) during a layover in Key West, Florida, en route to Washington, D.C. for the Ecuadorian President's official visit. All others in photograph are unidentified.

Photograph of Japanese General reviewing Japanese Guard of Honor, Rise Meiji, Diplomatic Quarter, Peiping, China.

Photograph of the United States Marine Guard at the Legation in Peiping, China. In the background is two of Peiping's front gates and Legation Guard parade grounds.

Diplomat John Paton Davies: "Photograph of the inner gate to our mess with our evil old doorkeeper. The shivering, but fierce bronze god guards the entrance to the mess dining room. Peiping, China."

Photograph of the small mounted detachment of the Marine Corps Guard at the United States Legation in Peiping, China.