Dinners and dining

Unknown members of the Joint Staff of the United Nations Command and Far East Command and an unidentified woman are seated at a Japanese dinner.

Unknown members of the Joint Staff of the United Nations Command and Far East Command and unidentified Japanese women are seated at a Japanese dinner. Six people sit around table and are smoking.

Unknown members of the Joint Staff of the United Nations Command and Far East Command attend a Japanese dinner with unidentified Japanese women wearing kimonos.

Unknown members of the Joint Staff of the United Nations Command and Far East Command and an unidentified woman are seated at a Japanese dinner.

Unknown members of the Joint Staff of the United Nations Command and Far East Command are sitting with unidentified women at a Japanese dinner.

French President Vincent Auriol (center left) and Madame Michelle Auriol (far left) are the guests of honor at a dinner given by Mrs. Alice Acheson (center right) and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (far right) at Anderson House. Anderson House, the property of the Society of the Cincinnati, played an important role in official entertainment during the reconstruction of the White House. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Vincent Auriol, President of the French Republic to the United States of America, March 28 to April 4, 1951"

Pan American Society dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, New York City. President Galo Plaza (right) warmly greets Nelson Rockefeller (left). From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Galo Plaza, President of Ecuador to the United States of American, June 20 to 29, 1951"

Captain Lewis S. Parks (second from right) and Zelda Parks (right) attend a buffet dinner aboard the USS Manchester upon its arrival in Long Beach, California. The couple behind Captain and Mrs. Parks is unknown.

Guests are seated at a table for dinner with Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (second from right, far side of table). They are possibly aboard the USS Wisconsin traveling to New York City as a part of the Wisconsin's pre-inactive decommission. All others are unidentified.

Nine men, mostly United States Naval officers, are seated around a table. The man with his back to the camera in the foreground is Rear Admiral Lewis Parks. All others are unidentified. They are on board a ship.