Dinners and dining

This is a small candid snapshot of Former President Harry S. Truman seated next to Jacqueline Kennedy during the Inaugural Anniversary Dinner for President Kennedy. People in the foreground are unidentified.

Miss Vernice Anderson attending a dinner on board the S.S. President Cleveland cruise liner. Seated from left to right: Mr. Charles C. Vines, Mrs. John F. Robinson, John F. Robinson, unidentified woman, James B. Lindsey, and Vernice Anderson. The man standing is unidentified. The dinner celebrated the Robinsons 25th wedding anniversary. This photo was taken while Vernice Anderson traveled with Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup on his mission to the Far East.

Secretary to Ambassador Philip C. Jessup, Vernice Anderson, at the Aloha Dinner while aboard the S.S. President Cleveland cruise liner. Seated around the table from left to right: Ms. Anderson, Mr. Bill Kasper, Mrs. Bill Kasper, Chief Purser Harvey Street, Mrs. Eunice, and Mr. Charles C. Vines. The head waiter standing at the back is identified as Frank. All other individuals are unidentified. Ms. Anderson traveled with Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup on his mission to the Far East.

Bess Truman gives an autograph to an unidentified man during a Democratic dinner in Los Angeles, California. Others in the photo are also unidentified. Harry Truman was in Los Angeles for a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. From: Truman Home.

Interior view looking toward the open top of a Mongolian tent or yurt, exact location not given. Includes two unidentified Mongolians who appear to be waiting to assist with a dinner gathering for the Charles Thayer tourist group. 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.

View from inside a Mongolian tent or yurt taken during a dining experience which included native Mongolians and members of the Thayer traveling party. Exact location and people's names not given. 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.

Group of both unidentified men and women shown beside tents and participating in a meal spread on the ground in an unidentified location in Mongolia. 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.

Former President Harry S. Truman, President John F. Kennedy, and Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. attending a dinner honoring the Truman Committee.

Left to right: Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson, unidentified man, and former President Harry S. Truman at a dinner honoring the Truman Committee at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Left to right: former President Harry S. Truman, Charles P. Clark, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, and Rep. John McCormick at a dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. honoring the Truman Committee.