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Snapshot of an unidentified man in swimming trunks selecting food from a buffet table

Snapshot of an unidentified man in swimming trunks selecting food from a buffet table. 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.

President Truman at a banquet with officers

President Harry S. Truman attending a dinner sponsored by the Forty-Eight State Wing Command of the Civil Aeronautic Patrol at the Statler Hotel in Washington. He is sitting with several officers at a long table. (L-R) Major General Fred L. Anderson; Assistant Secretary of War for Air Stuart Symington; President Truman; Colonel Earl Johnson; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; General Carl Spaatz; and Brigadier General Bill Hall.

Truman and Others at Breakfast in Connor Hotel

Senator and Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman (fourth from the right) attending a breakfast at the Connor Hotel in Joplin, MO, with supporters from Washington, DC. Senator Tom Connally is seated to the left of Truman, and Senator Carl Hatch is to the right. The picture was taken the morning after Truman made his acceptance speech for the Democratic Vice-Presidential nomination in Lamar, Missouri. Donor: Thomas Korn, Joplin, Missouri.