Luncheons

Bess Truman (center) at the Greater Los Angeles Press Club Luncheon given at the Coconut Grove, Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Journalist Joseph Short sits at left and Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron sits at right. From: The Album The President's Trip to the West Coast of the United States, Captain Robert Dennison, United States Navy donor.

Members of the Democratic Women's National Council meet for a spring luncheon in the Grand Ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel. This photograph is of Table No. 27, and only Mrs. Fred D. Wright (3rd from right) can be identified. From: Fred D. Wright.

Senator and Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman (left) and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (right) at a luncheon on the White House lawn prior to the election. From: The Pictorial Biography of Harry S. Truman by John de Murinelly Cirne Crane.

President Harry S. Truman responds to questions at a luncheon at the Pearl Harbor Officers' Club, Hawaii. Others at the table are unidentified. On his way to meet with General MacArthur at Wake Island, the President made a stopover at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, for a tour of the Pearl Harbor Naval Station. (Same as 98-1164 - Album - Oct. 11-18, 1950; also see 67-151 for uncropped photo of same) From: The Album - A Memento of the Visit of the President of the United States - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 13 October to 16 October, 1950

A color snapshot of former President Harry S. Truman (left) speaking to an unidentified man at a table. The setting appears to be a luncheon. This was found in the right hand drawer of the credenza in the former President's office at the Harry S. Truman Library.

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.