Presidential aircraft

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (foreground, right) talks with an unidentified man while he is standing in front of the presidential airplane, The Independence. Secretary Pace and the Independence were in Topeka, Kansas to attend the United States Army 35th Division Reunion. Secretary Pace attended the Reunion as the official representative of President Harry S. Truman, a veteran of the Division. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) prepares to board the presidential airplane, The Independence, as he leaves Topeka, Kansas. Secretary Pace was in Topeka to attend the 35th Division Reunion as the official representative of President Harry S. Truman, a veteran of the Division. All others are unidentified.

A group of unidentified men and military officers wait for Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to exit the presidential airplane, The Independence, at Topeka, Kansas. Secretary Pace visited Topeka to attend the 35th Division Reunion, representing President Harry S. Truman, who was unable to attend.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman boarding an airplane for a trip to Independence, Missouri. This photo is signed by President and Mrs. Truman. "Christmas 1946" is written at the base of the photo, as the Trumans gave copies of this photo to White House staff as Christmas gifts in 1946. See 59-971 for same photograph without autographs.

President Harry S. Truman steps out of his airplane, the Sacred Cow, after the plane landed at Boca Chica, Florida, for a stay at Key West. Others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

The plane the "Dewdrop" if Mr. Thomas E. Dewey is elected President. All crew standing beside the plane at the Andrews Air Force Base are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman is prepared to board his airplane "The Sacred Cow." The other people in the photo are not identified. This photograph is a Kodachrome enlargement.

President Harry S. Truman visits Vanport, Oregon, after a flood disaster. From left to right, Housing and Home Finance Administrator Raymond Foley, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, and President Harry S. Truman. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman is the first to deplane from the presidential plane Independence upon arrival at Boca Chica Airfield, Key West, Florida. The president was vacationing after he successfully won election for a second term in office.

President Harry S. Truman (standing) joins Captain Cecil Adell (seated, right) and Honorable A. Maitland Adams, Mayor of Key West, Florida (seated, left) in a car in preparation for traveling to the Little White House in Key West. President Truman is in Key West for a post-election vacation. The presidential plane Independence is in the background. All others are unidentified.