Birthdays

The head table, including Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (fourth from left) and former President Harry S. Truman (fifth from left), at Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party at the President Hotel in Kansas City.

The head table at former President Harry S. Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party luncheon at the President Hotel in Kansas City.

The head table at former President Harry S. Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party at the President Hotel in Kansas City.

A scene from former President Harry S. Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party at the President Hotel in Kansas City.

Former President Harry S. Truman cutting the cake at his seventy-eighth birthday party luncheon at the President Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. From left: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Truman, and Henry Talge.

Former President Harry S. Truman cutting the cake at his seventy-eighth birthday party luncheon at the President Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. From left: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Truman, and Henry Talge.

A scene, mostly of foreign students, from former President Harry S. Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party luncheon at the President Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. All are unidentified.

A scene, mostly of foreign students, from former President Harry S. Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party luncheon at the President Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. All are unidentified.

A scene from former President Harry S. Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party luncheon at the President Hotel in Kansas City. All are unidentified.

A scene, mostly of foreign students, from former President Harry S. Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party luncheon at the President Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. All are unidentified.