Presidential aircraft

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.

President Harry S. Truman (right) is greeted by Captain Cecil Adell upon his arrival at the Boca Chica airfield. President Truman is on his way to the Little White House, Key West, Florida to vacation after winning the election for his second term. In the background is the presidential airplane, the Independence.

Oscar Chapman (third from left) and unidentified others travel with President Lyndon B. Johnson (fourth from left) aboard Air Force One.

Oscar Chapman (third from left) and unidentified others travel with President Lyndon B. Johnson (fourth from left) aboard Air Force One.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) greets Prime Minister Winston Churchill (foreground, right) as he arrives at Washington National Airport in President's Truman's plane, "The Independence." Also pictured: Foreign Minister Anthony Eden (on steps). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Foreground, left to right: Foreign Minister Anthony Eden, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Harry S. Truman, and Chief of Protocol John F. Simmons after Churchill arrived at Washington National Airport on board President Truman's plane, "The Independence." Also pictured: British Ambassador Oliver Franks (behind Eden, right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) and the Shah of Iran (foreground, left) shaking hands at Washington National Airport upon the Shah's arrival in the United States, with the President's airplane, "The Independence" (which had brought the Shah to Washington) in the background. General Harry Vaughan is on the far left. Others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

The Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (left) responds to President Harry S. Truman's (right) welcoming remarks at Washington National Airport. President Truman's airplane, The Independence, is in the background. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman exiting his airplane, the Sacred Cow, upon his arrival at the Boca Chica airport for a vacation in Key West, Florida. Behind him is Admiral William D. Leahy and General Harry Vaughan (just inside doorway, mostly obscured). All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

President Harry S. Truman (front right) and Romulo Gallegos (front left), President of Venezuela, stand at attention while others salute at the National Airport in Washington, D.C. Standing in the first row behind Truman and Gallegos are, from left to right: unidentified naval officer (mostly obscured), General Harry Vaughan, Captain Robert Dennison, unidentified officer, and General Robert Landry. All others in photograph are unidentified. In the background is President Truman's plane, the Independence.