Railroads

General view of the crowd at the train station greeting President Harry S. Truman's train on its way to Bolivar, Missouri where President Truman will dedicate a statue of Simon Bolivar. The identification of this train stop is unknown.

President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of the presidential train in Bolivar, Missouri. President Truman was there to dedicate a statue of Simon Bolivar. The event was also attended by Venezuelan President Romulo Gallegos.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, President Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela, Mrs. Gallegos, and First Lady Bess W. Truman standing on the rear platform of the presidential train, Bolivar, Missouri. A crowd is gathered behind the train. President Truman dedicated a statue to Simon Bolivar during his visit.

President Harry S. Truman waves from the rear platform of the presidential train as he is leaving for his western trip to the west coast.

President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of the presidential train as he is leaving on his western trip for the west coast.

Railroad cars being loaded directly from Liberty Ships at the port of Hulutao, Manchuria. Hulutao is on the Peking-Mukden Line. Captain Scott of the Pauley Mission is in the foreground. 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).

Group of men watching first train of tank cars roll toward the East in Norris City, Illinois after the Opening Ceremony. Back row left to right: W.L. Draeger, Chief Engineer, Defense Plant Corporation; W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; and George A. Hill, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Defense Supplies Corporation. Front row from left to right: Major A.N. Horne, Vice President and Assistant General Manager, War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Burt E.

Group walking along railroad tracks. From left to right: Burt E. Hull, Vice President, WEP, Inc.; B.I. Graves, Director WEP; W. Alton Jones, President, WEP; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; and Major A.N. Horne, Vice President, WEP, Inc.

Group of men watching first train of loaded tank cars after opening ceremony at Norris City, Illinois on February 19, 1943. The train moved east. Back row from left to right: W.L. Draeger, Chief Engineer Defense Plant Corporation; W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; and George H. Hill, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Defense Supplies Corporation. Front row from left to right: Major A.N. Horne, Vice President and Assistant General Manager, War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Burt E.

New York Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey (second from left) in Springfield, Missouri during the 1948 presidential campaign. On the left is Governor Dewey's wife, Frances. Others are unidentified. From: Kenneth Sender.