Transportation

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.

View of train tracks and train cars situated at Wadi Halfa and headed toward Khartoum in Sudan. People can be seen in distance beside the train. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection

Exterior view which includes a bus and jeep-like vehicle in an unidentified location in Mongolia. Also includes several unidentified people. Charles Thayer headed a party of fourteen Americans who traveled to Mongolia on a vacation in the summer of 1963, probably in June. They arrived at Ulan Bator and during the trip visited the Gobi Desert as well as the steppes of Mongolia and the site of the ancient capital of Karakorum. Thayer states the group travelled through the provinces more than 1000 kilometers by bus and jeep and another 600 kilometers by air.