Transportation

Group of people on a trolley car. This photo was taken while President Harry S. Truman was on an official state visit of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Original is oversized.

Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Mrs. Adolf Scharf in 1902 Cadillac at the General Motors plant in Detroit, Michigan.

Vice-Chancellor Adolf Scharf of Austria in Proviso, Illinois visiting the control tower of the railroad marshalling yard of the Chicago & North Western Railroad Company. From: Album, "Visit of His Excellency Dr. Adolf Schaerf, Vice-Chancellor of Austria to the United States of America, March 1 to March 21, 1952."

Vice-Chancellor Adolf Scharf of Austria observing the production line of Cadillac automobiles at the General Motors Corporation plant in Detroit, Michigan. From: Album, "Visit of His Excellency Dr. Adolf Schaerf, Vice-Chancellor of Austria to the United States of America, March 1 to March 21, 1952."

Stereo slide of Ray Jones and Ed Cleary, United States Air Force officials, riding a rickshaws during their visit to Hong Kong. Public transportation buses appear in the background. Original caption: "Hong Kong Ray Jones Ed Cleary in Rickshaws Nov '60."

Stereo slide of General Robert Landry seated in a rickshaw during his trip to Hong Kong. Others in the photo are unidentified. Original caption: Bob L. in rickshaw Hong Kong Nov '60.

Charles S. Murphy, Special Counsel to the President (1950-1953), is seen standing next to a train car. Identification written on the back states this picture was connected with a trip of the President between September 27 and November 4, 1952. Exact location and others in view are not identified.

Photo of a trailer used to transport missiles to and from Whiteman Air Force Base.

Image not easily identified. May have been taken from either the inside of an automobile or a boat while traveling on the Nile River. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and other countries in northern Africa in 1961. Trip journey and photos intended for possible magazine articles. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Left to Right: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball, President Harry S. Truman, and Vice Admiral Harry W. Hill greet an unidentified athlete at the military academy track meet held at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Also present is Press Secretary Joseph Short (behind Truman, wearing glasses and hat) and Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace (seated, far right). All others are unidentified.