Luncheons

First Lady Bess W. Truman (standing, left), Margaret Truman (seated, left), and Mary Jane Truman (seated, right) attend a luncheon in Bolivar, Missouri, in honor of the dedication of the statue of Simon Bolivar. All others are unidentified.

The President's table set for luncheon on the U. S. S. Missouri, in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro. From the album, President Truman's Trip to Rio de Janeiro.

Luncheon of the Democratic National Finance Committee at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D. C. Original photograph oversized.

General scene at the luncheon of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute, held at the Old Plantation. At the far table are, from left to right, Dr. Wayne C. Grover, unidentified, Tom Evans, and Mrs. Philip C. Brooks.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at lunch during inauguration festivities. Standing: Margaret Truman, Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt. Seated, left to right: Unidentified man, President Truman, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Vice President Barkley, and unidentified man. From album "Truman's Inauguration Highlights".

Bess Truman poses outdoors with the wives of the Cabinet members during a luncheon at the home of former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. She is holding a large platter that was presented to her from the Cabinet wives. From left to right: Adele (Mrs. Robert) Lovett; Eda (Mrs. Charles) Brannan; Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson; Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; Bess W. Truman; Evlyn (Mrs. John) Snyder; Regina (Mrs. James) McGranery; Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles) Sawyer (mostly obscured); Helen (Mrs. Maurice) Tobin; Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace; Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson; unidentified.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, left, speaks with a guest at the Old Plantation restaurant at the luncheon of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute.

From left to right: Senator Edward H. Thye, Senator Clyde M. Reed, Attorney General Tom C. Clark, and Vice President of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce Beverly Burbage at a luncheon for Voice of Democracy contest winners.

Albert Kam Chow (known as the unofficial mayor of San Francisco's Chinatown), Senator Harry S. Truman (second from left), and unidentified men eating with chopsticks at a luncheon in San Francisco, California. This appears to be during the time Mr. Truman was a Senator.

Harry S. Truman (right) at a luncheon with Bernard Dickmann (center), formerly mayor of St. Louis, later postmaster of St. Louis, and an unidentified man.