Dinners and dining

View of a group of men seated at a banquet table dressed in formal attire. Identified as a dinner given for the officers of the American Legion by Commander Hearn. The exact location of the dinner is not given. This photograph is a part of others associated with the Knights of Columbus activities taking place in Paris at this time. The date is believed to be fall, 1927.

View of men seated at banquet tables dressed formally including some in military attire as well as religious. Identified as a dinner for the officers of the American Legion given by Commander Hearn. The exact location of the dinner event is not given. This photograph is a part of others associated with the Knights of Columbus activities taking place in Paris at this time. The date is believed to be fall, 1927.

Autographed picture of Harry S. Truman, left, and members of the International Statistical Institute. They appear to be at a banquet. Stuart A. Rice is on top right. Others are unidentified.

View of men seated at a banquet table dressed formally including some in military attire as well as religious. Identified as a dinner for the officers of the American Legion by Commander Hearn. This photograph is a part of others associated with the Knights of Columbus activities taking place in Paris at this time. The date is believed to be fall, 1927.

Washington, D. C. Mrs. Woodrow (Edith) Wilson looks up as she has a word tonight with two other former first ladies of the land, Mrs. Harry S. (Bess) Truman, (left), and Mrs. Franklin (Eleanor) Roosevelt, and the gathering of the top Democrats attending the testimonial dinner for House Speaker Sam Rayburn. From: Houston Post.

U.S. District Judge Albert A. Ridge shakes hands with his WWI Captain, former President Harry S. Truman. The occasion was just before the annual Armistice Day dinner of Battery D, at which "Captain Harry" was surprised with a $2,000 check for his memorial library. From: Houston Post.

Harry S. Truman has a big grin as he leaves the Waldorf-Astoria Towers with Bess Truman and their daughter Margaret tonight. Shortly before, the former president was served with a subpoena to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee on Friday. The Truman's left the hotel to attend the annual dinner of the City College of New York Alumni Association at the Hotel Commodore. The man between Bess and Margaret Truman is not identified. From: Houston Post.

Halbert L. Dunn, far left, having dinner at the Second Executive Meeting of the Inter-American Statistical Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Others are unidentified.

Halbert L. Dunn, center, having dinner at the Second Executive Meeting of the Inter-American Statistical Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Others are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) has a warm handshake for Strom Thurmond, former governor of South Carolina and Dixiecrat candidate for President in 1948, as the two met in a receiving line at the Reserve Officer's Association convention dinner in Philadelphia tonight. When questioned later on what words passed between them, Thurmond said it was just a "greeting of one reserve officer to another." Both Truman and Thurmond are colonels in the U.S. Army. In center is Capt. Robert G. Burke, USNR, national president of the Reserve Officer's Association. From: Houston Post.