Luncheons

Buffet luncheon is served to member of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party at Fort Jefferson National Monument, Dry Tortugas, Florida. All are unidentified.

From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; President Harry S. Truman; Congressman John R. Murdock; Senator Joseph O'Mahoney; and Senator Zales Ecton attend a luncheon in the dining room of the Department of the Interior for members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the House Public Lands Committee, and the Senate Committee on Public Works. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (back of table, fourth from right) and members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the House Public Lands Committee, and the Senate Committee on Public Works attend a luncheon in the dining room of the Department of the Interior. Also pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (back of table, fifth from right); Senator Joseph O'Mahoney (back of table, third from right); Senator Zales Ecton (back of table, second from right); Congressman John R. Murdock (back of table, standing); and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (back of table, left).

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (at podium) delivers the Address of the Day at the 85th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Also pictured: Senator Francis J. Myers (left); Joseph J. Lawler, Third Assistant Postmaster General (second from right); and John D. Lippy, Jr., author and Vice President of the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania (right). From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (second from right) sits with unidentified people at an American Christian Palestine Committee luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D. C., in honor of lawyer Bartley Crum (not pictured). From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (standing) at a luncheon in the Mayflower Hotel sponsored by the American Christian Palestine Committee in honor of lawyer Bartley Crum (seated). From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Bartley Crum, lawyer; Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder at the Mayflower Hotel for an American Christian Palestine Committee luncheon in honor of Crum. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; Bartley Crum, lawyer; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at the Mayflower Hotel for an American Christian Palestine Committee luncheon in honor of Crum. People in background unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Lawyer Bartley Crum (left) and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) at an American Christian Palestine Committee luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., in honor of Mr. Crum. Man in foreground is unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Under Secretary of Commerce Alfred Schindler (third from left) at a luncheon with unidentified other men.