Luncheons

President Harry S. Truman (front row, second from left, in civilian clothing) receives a meal on board in the chow line on board the USS Augusta along with unidentified crewmen. President Truman is on board the USS Augusta to travel to Germany for the Potsdam Conference.

Secretary of State James Byrnes (seated, second from right) eating with unidentified United States Navy crewmen on board the USS Augusta. Secretary Byrnes was traveling to the Potsdam Conference on board the USS Augusta with President Harry S. Truman.

From left to right John R. Steelman, Congressman Gerald Ford and Edgar Morris, Washington, D.C. representative of Westinghouse share a laugh at the "Circus, Saints and Sinners" Luncheon.

Housing and Home Finance Administrator Raymond Foley (fifth from right) is attending the fall directors meeting of the National Association of Home Builders in Houston, Texas. All others are unidentified.

Lawrence A. Appley (left) and Paul McNutt (right) attend a luncheon, probably associated with the War Manpower Commission. The photograph is autographed by both men. See also 2012-2971 for same photo.

This photograph shows a farm family sitting at a table, eating a meal. The people in the photograph are unidentified.

Dillard Lasseter, Administrator of the Farmer's Home Administration (left), is standing and speaking at a table with two unidentified people.

Luncheon at the Vanderberg Room, Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. Seated left to right: Housing and Home Finance Administrator Raymond M. Foley, Senator Frank Carlson, Governor Edward F. Arn, Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, and Alfred E. Howse, assistant to director to Charles E. Wilson of the Office of Defense Mobilization. Standing from left to right: Representative Myron V. George; Representative Errett P. Scrivner; Representative Clifford R. Hope; and Representative Edward H. Rees (all of Kansas).

A group of men are sitting down to luncheon at the 21st Annual Armistice Day Celebration at the Philippine Department American Legion, Wack Wack golf and country club in the Philippines. All are unidentified.

Mrs. Ida Lee Dunne, (center) Mrs. Charles D. Dunne (seated, second from right) and Mrs. Joe E. Russell (right), listen to a story being told by Mr. Joe Russell (standing, right) during a brunch and cocktail party at the River Valley Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Other two ladies are unidentified.