Luncheons

United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup (right) attending a lunch at the Singapore Swimming Club during a trip to the Far East. All other individuals are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (at the microphone) and unidentified others stand at attention behind the speaker's table at the Greater Los Angeles Press Club luncheon held at the Coconut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, a stop on his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 59-272) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Bess Truman. enjoying a Community Chest luncheon, sits at the left of the podium at the speakers' table. The location and identities of others in the photo are unknown. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman holds the microphone as he prepares to speak to members of the Greater Los Angeles Press Club at a luncheon held at the Coconut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California. Others in the photo are unidentified. (Same as 59-279) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Margaret Truman sits between two unidentified men at the Greater Los Angeles Press Club luncheon held at the Coconut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California. (Same as 98-1286) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Surrounded by photographers, President Harry S. Truman (center) stands at the podium and inspects a special cake baked in his honor at the Greater Los Angeles Press Club luncheon held at the Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, one of the stops on his West Coast trip. On his right, at the end of the table is Bess Truman. The others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman gestures to the audience at the Greater Los Angeles Press Club luncheon held at Coconut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California. On the right is Bess Truman. The President is at the end of his Western presidential tour. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

The Chef points to President Harry S. Truman's cake at the Greater Los Angeles Press Club luncheon held at the Coconut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, during the President's trip to the West Coast. (Similar to 98-1287 and 66-754) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

With photographers in the background, unidentified men and women stand on both sides of a table holding the remnants of dessert at the Greater Los Angeles Press Club Luncheon held at the Ambassador Hotel, where President Harry S. Truman will deliver a speech. He is not present in this photo. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) talks to an unidentified man near the podium at the Greater Los Angeles Press Club luncheon held at the Ambassador Hotel. Margaret Truman is in the background on the right; the woman next to her is unidentified. (Same as 59-273) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.