Dinners and dining

Crowd shot of President Harry S. Truman standing at the podium at Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner at the Statler Hotel. President Truman also spoke at a second Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel later in the evening.

L to R: Spike Jones and Margaret Truman on stage at Correspondents Association Dinner.

President Harry S. Truman with Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (center back, wearing large white corsage) standing at the podium at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel. A second Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner was also held at the Statler Hotel.

President Harry S. Truman at the podium waving to the crowd attending the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel with unidentified attendees applauding in the background.

President Harry S. Truman presenting Raymond Clapper Memorial Award to Nat Finney, reporter for the Des Moines Register and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Truman presented the award at the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C. From left to right are: Ernest B. "Tony" Vaccaro, incoming President of the White House Correspondents' Association; President Truman; Nat S. Finney; and Felix Belair, Jr., outgoing President of the Association.

President Harry S. Truman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C. From left to right are: Ernest B. Vaccaro, incoming President of the Correspondents Association; Felix Belair, Jr., outgoing President of the Association; and President Truman.

President Harry S. Truman at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. From left to right: Senator Alben Barkley; Assistant Secretary of Labor David Morse; Senator and Democratic National Committee Chairman J. Howard McGrath; Perle Mesta, Co-Chairman of the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner Committee; President Truman; Wilson Wyatt, Chairman of the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner Committee; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson. Same as photo 77-436.

Members of the Truman and Wallace families seated for dinner at the White House, Christmas, 1952. From left to right, around the table: Mrs. Fred (Christine) Wallace, Fred Wallace, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Mrs. George (May) Wallace, George Wallace, Mrs. Frank (Natalie) Wallace, Frank Wallace, Mary Jane Truman, President Harry S. Truman, David Wallace, Marian Wallace, Margo Wallace. The servant standing in the background is unidentified. Donor: Mrs. George (Natalie) Wallace

Snapshot of one unidentified man and two unidentified women sitting at a dinner table at a tropical restaurant. The photo is from the James E. Webb papers, and it is concluded that the series of snapshots numbered 97-1653 through 97-1727 are of places he had visited and his relatives or acquaintances. Each includes an original snapshot size negative and is on a contact sheet of three pictures a page.

Snapshot of two unidentified men eating lunch or dinner. The photo is from the James E. Webb papers, and it is concluded that the series of snapshots numbered 97-1653 through 97-1727 are of places he had visited and his relatives or acquaintances. Each includes an original snapshot size negative and is on a contact sheet of three pictures a page.