Dinners and dining

Former President Harry S. Truman (seated at table, sixth from the left) is seated at the head table at a dinner hosted by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in Scranton, Pennsylvania, with members and guests shown standing behind and sitting in front of the table. From: George E. Clark, The Scranton Times, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Former President Harry S. Truman sits at the dinner table next to Charles Patrick Clark who is speaking to those assembled for a banquet at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Clark was Associate Chief Counsel for the Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program chaired by Senator Truman in 1943. From: Charles Patrick Clark.

Former President Harry S. Truman (2nd from left), John R. Cauley (left), and two others (unidentified) at a formal Press Club function in Washington, D.C. John R. Cauley (left) works for the Kansas City Star, Washington Bureau, and is acquainted with President Truman. The date, event, and location unknown. (See 79-8.) From: Janet Stephenson.

Group of Battery D members seated at a table during a reception the day of the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library. All are unidentified. Held at the Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri. From a book of 30 photographs of Battery "D" participation in the Harry S. Truman Library Dedication. Same as 2005-298.

Bess Truman (third from the left) is shown attending a formal dinner with others who are unidentified. The event, date, and location are unknown. From: Nancy Ehrlich, Jackson County Historical Society

4-3/8" x 3" Kodachrome print of Bess Truman sitting at the dinner table in the dining room of what probably is the Blair House. From: Museum Collection #93.12 (items found inside locked credenza in Harry S. Truman's working office at Truman Library).

Former President Harry S. Truman's birthday party for members of the 822 Club in the Kansas City Club. This dinner was held in the Research Room of the Harry S. Truman Library.

President Harry S. Truman attends the Hundred and sixty-fourth Anniversary Dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick at the Hotel Astor in New York City.

A Jefferson Day Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C.