Dinners and dining

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) and Senator Owen Brewster (second from right) carry a cake for the Maine State Society lobster dinner in the Department of the Interior cafeteria. Also pictured: Senator Margaret Chase Smith (third from left); and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (right). All others unidentified.

Guests at the Maine State Society lobster dinner in the Department of the Interior cafeteria. Pictured, head table: Senator Margaret Chase Smith (fifth from left); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (sixth from left); Senator Owen Brewster (eighth from left); and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (eighth from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Senator Margaret Chase Smith (left) and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) with an unidentified man at the Maine State Society lobster dinner in the Department of the Interior cafeteria. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Left to right: Senator Margaret Chase Smith; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; unidentified; Senator Owen Brewster; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; and unidentified at the head table during the Maine State Society lobster dinner in the Department of the Interior cafeteria. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Marshal Koniev proposing a toast while speaking to General Omar Bradley. General Bradley, commander of the United States 12th Army Group, had crossed over into Russian lines to meet Marshal Koniev, commander of the Russian 1st Ukrainian Army Group's headquarters which was then located southeast of Torgau.

Left to right: Charles Ross, Senator Harry Truman and Robert E. Hannegan at the annual Touchdown Club Dinner in Washington, D. C. John L. Sullivan is third from the right.

John L. Sullivan, Undersecretary of the Treasury, at podium during the Fourth War Loan Dinner at Laconia, New Hampshire.

John L. Sullivan is third from left at head table of Fourth War Loan Dinner, Laconia, New Hampshire.

From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan; Elinor Raas Heller, Democratic National Committeewoman for California; James Roosevelt, Democratic National Committeeman for California; and Mrs. Esther Murray, Vice Chairman, Democratic State Central Committee of California at the Jackson Day Dinner in Los Angeles, California. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Dinner in honor of Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from left) given by the Oil and Coal Division of the United Jewish Appeal at the Hotel Pierre in New York City. At table, left to right: Monroe Goldwater, President of United Jewish Appeal; Secretary Chapman; Mr. Schwartz; Charles Alldredge; Joel Wolfsohn, Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior; Joseph Donnenfeld; and Henry C. Bernstein. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook