Hotels

Shepherds Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. 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).

Casino and cafe at Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Postcard, Le Casino et les Jardins in Monte Carlo. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Hotel Gobineau Column of the Girondins in Bordeaux, France, after World War I. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

General scene from former President Harry S. Truman's 77th birthday luncheon, held at the Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri. Former President Truman (standing, center) shaking hands with an unidentified man. Standing behind Mr. Truman is Henry Talge. They are standing in front of a portrait of former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. All the rest are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman cutting his birthday cake at his 77th birthday luncheon at the Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Henry Talge, former President Truman, Jack Benny.

Former President Harry S. Truman preparing to cut his birthday cake at his 77th birthday luncheon at the Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Dr. Samuel Mayerberg, Henry Talge, former President Truman, Jack Benny, and George L. Goldman.

General scene from former President Harry S. Truman's 77th birthday luncheon, held at the Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman's 77th birthday party at the Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Truman is seated; standing next to him on the left is Henry Talge; standing next to him on the right is Randall Jessee. Others in the photo are unidentified.

General scene from former President Harry S. Truman's 77th birthday luncheon, held at the Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri. The man on the far left is former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. Others are unidentified.