Dinners and dining

Photo of a large group of people attending a banquet. The event, exact date, and location are unknown.

A. J. Granoff (left, standing) speaking at a dinner held at the Hotel Statler honoring his friend, Eddie Jacobson (right). The man seated next to Jacobson is Frank Goldman. The exact location and date are unknown.

Bess Truman (front row, third from the left) and Margaret Truman (far left) are part of a group gathered for the Truman-Evans dinner held at the Truman Library. Tom Evans was a Kansas City businessman and friend of Harry S. Truman. The photograph is signed: "To Mr. and Mrs. Loeb H. Granoff From Harry S. & Bess W. Truman, 10-31-1959". Same as 60-287-1 except for autograph. Same as 95-93.

Casey Stengel (left) holds a bell taken from old Central High School where he and Charles S. Stevenson (Vice President, Hallmark Cards, center) attended school in 1912, given to him by Stevenson at Stengel's 66th birthday party. Former President Harry S. Truman is on the right. All three signed their names to the photograph. From: Charles S. Stevenson, Vice President, Hallmark Cards Incorporated, Kansas City, Missouri

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Charles Stevenson, Vice President of Hallmark Cards, are shown at the banquet table. The event is unknown. The mat surrounding the picture is autographed as follows: "To a great guy - President Truman, with highest admiration! Charles S. Stevenson, February 12, 1958." From: Charles S. Stevenson

A visiting party of unidentified officers and civilians eats a regular meal at Maxwell Field during a visit of AFL and CIO leaders to South East Air Corps Center as the guests of Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War.

Lt. Colonel A. Robert Ginsburgh (left row, 2nd from last), Aide to the Under Secretary of War, is shown seated at a dining table with a group of unidentified officers and civilians. The date, location and event are unknown, but the photo was probably taken during an inspection tour of defense plants by Mr. Ginsburgh and enlisted men and officers from various armed services.

An amateur "country band" comprised of Air Force personnel perform for former President Harry S. Truman (second from left in front row, with dark suit) and unidentified Air Force officers, as part of the after-dinner entertainment at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in Belton, Missouri. From: Laun C. Smith, Jr., Captain, USAF.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) shakes hands with an unidentified officer after receiving a Certificate of Appreciation during a dinner held at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in Belton, Missouri. From: Laun C. Smith, Jr., Captain, USAF.

An unidentified Air Force officer presents a Certification of Appreciation to former President Harry S. Truman (right) at a dinner held at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in Belton, Missouri. From: Laun C. Smith, Jr., Captain, USAF.