Dinners and dining

Jefferson-Jackson Victory dinner in Washington, D. C. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

President Harry S. Truman at the Jefferson Jackson Day victory dinner reception. Left to right: Senator J. Howard McGrath, Perle Mesta, President Truman, unidentified man. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Jefferson Jackson Day victory dinner huddle, with Wilson Wyatt, President Harry S. Truman, and Senator Scott Lucas. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Cabinet members, Donaldson, Barkley, Snyder, Clark and Acheson leaving the White House. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Senator Olin D. Johnston was one of the many boycotters of the Truman Jefferson-Jackson Dinner speech. The Senator, Mrs. Johnson and their two children, Sallie-Leigh, 10; Elizabeth, 8, dined at home last night. From: Beth Gore.

Left to right: Chairman of the Dinner (unidentified), Vice President Alben Barkley, and President Harry S. Truman at the Presidential Electors Dinner. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

President Harry S. Truman delivering the main address at the Presidential Electors Dinner. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Official dinner, during the inaugural festivities, of the Truman-Barkley Club. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

President Harry S. Truman speaks at the Columbus Citizens Committee Dinner in New York. Left to right are New York Senator Herbert Lehman; Fortune Pope, Chairman of the Columbus Citizens Committee; and President Harry S. Truman. Mutual Security Administrator Averell Harriman is at far right. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

Former President Harry S. Truman, wearing a green carnation in his lapel, holds up an Irish Shillelagh that was presented to him before he addressed a St. Patrick's Dinner in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society.