Cake

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair shown with cake commemorating the 176th anniversary of the U. S. Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

At a banquet at the Hotel Muehlebach in Kansas City, Missouri, a smiling former President Harry S. Truman is shown holding a knife preparatory to cutting a cake in hand. The cake reads: It's a Happy Day, Mr. President. (See 2007-210 for a photo of the banquet.) The event is unknown. From: Found in a box of miscellaneous photographs in the audiovisual area.

Photo showing Roy Roberts, general manager of the Kansas City Star, cutting a cake at what appears to be a wedding shower. Mr. Roberts married Florence Ross, widow of Charles Ross, former press secretary to President Truman in May, 1955. From: Charles Ross Papers.

Hugh Fulton, Chief Counsel of the Special Committee of the Senate to Investigate the National Defense Program (Truman Committee), 1941-44, is shown receiving a cake while seated at a banquet table at a party given in his honor. Others are unidentified. From: Hugh Fulton.

Two girls and the Inaugural cake, taken during the inaugural gala. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Margaret Truman cutting the inaugural cake. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

From left to right, Ike Katz, former President Harry S. Truman, and Mike Katz prepare to cut a cake (possibly in Mr. Truman's office at the Federal Reserve Bank building) on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Katz Drug Stores. From: Sharon Greenwood.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (left), guest-of-honor at the 4th Anniversary of the USO in Washington, D.C. Next to Vice-President Truman are (left to right), Jane Lingo, Margaret Truman, and Bess Truman. They are watching a sailor, Jake Tynan, cut a celebratory cake. Between Bess and Jake Tynan is Mrs. W.D. Jara (background). Both were assigned to the Transportation Division of the Bureau of Supply and Accounts for the Navy. The others are unidentified. The photo is a print of a scanned image. From: Mrs. W.D. Jara.