Dinners and dining

Diplomat John Paton Davies: "Snapshot taken at a farewell feast given by our Chinese staff for our departing Consul General. I am playing a drinking game, on the left, with one of our more Falstaffian employees whose thumb and top of head show to the right. Hankow, China."

Photograph showing how the poor eat in Peiping, China.

Truman family attending a formal dinner at the White House with President Kennedy. Front row, from left to right: former President Harry S. Truman, former First Lady Bess W. Truman, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and President John F. Kennedy. Standing on the stairs behind them, in the center, are Margaret Truman Daniel and her husband, E. Clifton Daniel. Others are unidentified. From: Kennedy Library

Distance view of the Robin Hood Dell anniversary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Robin Hood Dell is a famous theater in Philadelphia.

Distance view of a banquet celebrating the Robin Hood Dell anniversary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Robin Hood Dell is a famous theater in Philadelphia.

President Harry S. Truman (right) sits with nuclear scientist Dr. Lise Meitner (left) at the banquet celebrating her choice as Woman of the Year by the Women's National Press Club. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

President Harry S. Truman dines at the 1945 Pemiscot County Fair in Caruthersville, Missouri. From left to right: Matthew Connelly, Charles Ross, an unidentified man, and President Truman. Those standing in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Matthew Connelly, Appointment Secretary to President Harry S. Truman, is with several fellow guests at the 1946 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. From left to right: unidentified man, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, Matthew Connelly, unidentified man, unidentified girl, Irma (Mrs. Robert E.) Hannegan. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Matt Connelly (right) socializes with Reathel Odum (Secretary to Bess W. Truman, second from right) and other unidentified guests at the 1946 annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

A group of men and women are seated at a table at the 1946 Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. Seated around the table, from left to right: Matthew Connelly, John Steelman, two unidentified men, William Hassett, Major General Harry Vaughan, Clark Clifford, and unidentified woman. Seated at a table in the background, visible to the left of Mr. Hassett, is Dean Acheson. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.