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Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Robert E. Hannegan, speaks at the Knights of the Cauliflower Ear dinner at the Coronado Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The dinner was held in celebration of Senator Harry S. Truman's nomination for Vice-President.

At a reception at the Carlton Hotel, Washington, D.C., honoring Perle Mesta, Minister to Luxembourg, are: Left to right: Perle Mesta, Bess Truman, Georgia Neese Clark (Treasurer of the United States), India Edwards (the hostess), and Mrs. Charles W. Tillet, formerly director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee. From: Truman Home.

View of Hong Kong and a United States flag from the Kowloon Hotel. This photo was taken by Vernice Anderson when she traveled with Ambassador Jessup on his mission to the Far East.

Bess Truman, standing at the head of the table, attends a luncheon with unidentified members of the Woman's Democratic Club at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. The table is decorated with a miniature "parade float" featuring Harry Truman and the State of Missouri. From: Truman Home.

Guests of Ambassador Pauley having cocktails before the dinner at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Imperial Hotel, the billets of the U.S. Reparations Mission members in Tokyo, Japan. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.)

Distance view of banquet room at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman standing at microphone at the dinner honoring him and Vice-President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Truman is third from the left; Margaret Truman is fifth from the left. All others are unidentified.

View of table at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice-President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. All are unidentified.

From left to right, unidentified man, President Harry S. Truman, and Vice-President Alben Barkley at the dinner in their honor at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.