Breakfasts

Washington D. C. Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic standard bearer in the 1956 presidential elections, reaches across the breakfast table today to shake hands with former President Harry S. Truman. Between the two is Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler. They met at a breakfast of the Democratic Advisory Council. From: Houston Post.

Shown are a group of Battery D members during a breakfast on January 20, 1949 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D. C. M. R. Evans is shown second from left.

Breakfast held by President Harry S. Truman for the members of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery. Original photograph oversized.

Masonic breakfast for President Harry S. Truman at the Statler Hotel on George Washington's Birthday, donated by Frank Land. Original is oversized.

Harry S. Truman thumbs through a newspaper at St. Louis Union Station as he and Mrs. Bess Truman await their breakfast order -- scrambled eggs and bacon -- today. The former President had little to say about his speech to the nation tomorrow night, but told newsmen his comments on the Harry Dexter White case would give them "something to write about tomorrow night." The Trumans, home-bound after a New York visit, changed trains here en route to Independence, Missouri. From: Houston Post.

Breakfast is being served to the Melby Erskine Mission group at the Parusakawan Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. John F. Melby is sitting on the left. General Graves B. Erskine is sitting across the table from Mr. Melby.

Breakfast is being served at the Parusakawan Palace in Bangkok, Thailand for the Melby Erskine Mission delegation.

Breakfast is being served at the Parusakawan Palace in Bangkok, Thailand for the Melby Erskine Mission delegation.

Breakfast at Parusakawan Palace in Bangkok, Thailand during the Melby Erskine Mission. John F. Melby is being served by the waiter.

Ivy Duggan sits with others at the National 4-H Breakfast at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Seated from the left to right: Ivy W. Duggan, Farm Credit Administration; Charles Dana Bennett, for American Agriculture; William A. Davis Jr., of Valdosta, Georgia, national winner in 4-H leadership; Senator Walter F. George; Rhonwyn Lowry, 4-H Fellow from Georgia; Congressman E. L. Forrester; Adrian Short, national winner in 4-H citizenship; and Walter S. Brown, Associate Director of Extension, Georgia. Others are unidentified.