Luncheons

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) at a luncheon with Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan and two unidentified men.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (facing camera, second from right) has lunch with a group of people in the Department of the Interior. Also pictured: Michael Straus, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner (right of Chapman); and Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne (facing camera, third from left). All others unidentified.

Michael Straus (back to camera, right), Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right of Straus), and Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne (facing camera, second from right) eat lunch with other unidentified Interior staff.

Michael Straus (left, back to camera), Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right of Straus), and Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne (right side of table, second from right) eat lunch with other unidentified Interior staff.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (facing camera, left), Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (right of Chapman), and Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne (left side of table, second from left) have lunch with other unidentified Interior staff.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) has lunch with unidentified people.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right) has lunch with unidentified people.

Oscar Chapman (seated, third from left) at a luncheon with unidentified people.

Left to right: Peggy Mann (dressed as Sam Houston); Marjorie Jenkins (dressed as unidentified man); and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (dressed as Thomas Jefferson) at a luncheon event called "Profiles in Fashions".

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) accepts a gold medal from Thomas Braniff (right) on behalf of President Truman. The medal was presented at the National Conference of Christians and Jews luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Man in background is unidentified.