Dinners and dining

Unidentified dignitaries in attendance at the dinner given by President Harry S. Truman in honor of Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (second from left) with President Eurico Dutra of Brazil (second from right) and other unidentified dignitaries, during Dutra's visit to the United States. They are giving a banquet at the Carlton Hotel in honor of President Dutra.

Service men and volunteers gather around the swimming pool at "White Pines," the Arlington County place of Mr. and Mrs. Davis for a supper of spareribs, franks, baked beans, and other hearty treats, sponsored by the American Newspaper Women's Club of Washington, D.C., as part of "Operation Homefront." The party was one of a Sunday afternoon series which moved to the country with the advent of hot weather. The date and identities of the group are unknown. From: Truman Home.

General I. M. Chistiakov(left), Ambassador Pauley(center) and General Navidov (right) at General Chistiakov's dinner, Pyongyang, Korea, North of 380. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Former President Harry S. Truman (front, center at first table on the right) and guests are shown at the Truman-Evans banquet at the Harry S. Truman Library. Tom Evans was a Kansas City businessman and good friend of Mr. Truman. Among others attending were Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman (far left), Dr. and Mrs. Philip Brooks, and Tom Evans. See also 2004-22.

Overview of President Harry S. Truman as he tonight hailed a Democratic victory in New York as a portent of a new sweep for his party in the 1950 Congressional election. Speaking before the Women's National Democratic Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D. C., as their guest of honor, the Chief Executive told the group that he is exceedingly happy over today's election outcome. This is a general view of the banquet as Mr. Truman addresses the group. Bess Truman can be seen at the head table, sixth from the left. (See also 77-1066.) Donor: Mrs. Bertha R. Friant.

President Truman tonight hailed a Democratic victory in New York as a portent of a new sweep for his party in the 1950 Congressional election. Speaking before the Women's National Democratic Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D. C., as their guest of honor, the Chief Executive told the group that he is "exceedingly happy" over today's election outcome. Bess Truman can be seen on the left. The woman in the center is unidentified. From: Mrs. Bertha R. Friant.

President Harry S. Truman (at left) stands and applauds Vice-President Alben Barkley (third from left) at the dinner honoring them at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. First Lady Bess W. Truman on far right. All others unidentified.

Distance view of banquet room at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

View of table at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Charles Sawyer (left) is seated with Mr. and Mrs. John L. Sullivan (right).