Dinners and dining

President Harry S. Truman (right) congratulating new Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson. President Truman was an unexpected guest at a dinner given in Washington by Post Office employees in honor of the new Postmaster General.

From left to right, General I. M. Chistiakov, Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, and General Navidov at dinner in Pyongyang, Korea. 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).

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (center, back row) with identified people at a dinner.

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (seated fourth clockwise from the camera) and Mrs. Pauley (seated on right) by Susan Pauley (second from right) at a party, possibly on board a ship.

From left to right, Ernest Lunes (?), columnist Walter Winchell, George Killion, Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, Rick Bay, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, and Richard Nacy, seated around a table in a restaurant. Autographed at bottom by all.

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (right) and Darryl ? Photo dedication reads "To Ed - best always - Darryl."

At the Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman attend a banquet held at the conclusion of the Inter-American Conference for the Peace and Security of the Western Hemisphere. Left to right are President Dutra's daughter, President Truman, Brazil's President Eurico Gaspar Dutra, and Bess Truman. The others are unidentified. (Photo is faded color.) From: Truman Home.

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (second from right), with unidentified guests at a dinner in New York. The photo's dedication reads "To my good friend and a real swell fellow Ed Pauley, Sincerely, Paul ???." Two of the men are wearing special caps, but organization is unknown.

Former President Harry S. Truman sits in the center of the main table at a dinner at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Also at the main table are Harry Vaughan (far left in front of the piano), Henry Talge (on Truman's right), and J. Vivian Truman (far right). The dinner guests at the seven round tables are unidentified. The event is unknown. Attached to this photo is a separate photo of former President Truman holding a cake and knife. The cake reads: It's a Happy Day Mr. President. (Original in oversize drawer) From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman attending a buffet supper in his honor by the officers of the submarine base at Key West, Florida, during his vacation. President Truman is on the left side of the table, third from the left. Admiral William Leahy is on the left side of the table, left. All others are unidentified.