1. Home
  2. Dinners and dining

Dinners and dining

President Harry S. Truman Shares Dinner Onboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Harry S. Truman, members of his party, and United States Navy officers eat dinner aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, during the Eighth Fleet's naval exercises off the Virginia Capes. Seated clockwise around the table, from the center foreground: unidentified; John R. Steelman; unidentified naval officer; unidentified man; Admiral William D. Leahy; President Harry S. Truman; Admiral Marc A. Mitscher; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; unidentified man (obscured); Press Secretary Charles Ross; and two unidentified men.

John R. Steelman Attends a Dinner

John R. Steelman (standing, right) is attending a dinner with William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). This is possibly the dinner given in honor of Green by Histadrut, the General Federation of Laborers in the Land of Israel. Also present is Senator Claude Pepper (standing, left). All others are unidentified.

Dinner in Honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt by Presidential Electors

Mr. and Mrs. John Steelman are attending a dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's election, given by the Presidential Electors. John R. Steelman is standing at the far right and his wife, Emma Zimmerman Steelman, is seated in front of him. Others in attendance are (not specifically identified): Honorable H. B. Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell; Mrs. Benton McMillin; John G. Ristine and Mrs. Ristine; Guy T. Helvering; William L. Bradshaw; and Rudolph M. Evans.