Luncheons

Members of the armed forces, some in swimming trunks, line up at a table outside a shelter house at Millstone Farm near Burke, Virginia, where a buffet lunch is being served. The party, including swimming, is one in a series of parties sponsored by the American Newspaper Women's Club of Washington, D.C., held on Sunday afternoons as part of "Operation Homefront." From: Truman Home. From scrapbook on Operation Homefront.

Members of the armed services line up at a table outdoors for a buffet lunch given by the American Newspaper Women's Club of Washington, D.C., one of a series of Sunday afternoon parties sponsored by the Club as part of "Operation Homefront." From: Truman Home. From scrapbook on Operation Homefront.

Former First Lady Bess Truman sits with Chief Justice Earl Warren and former President Herbert Hoover at the head luncheon table at the Laurel Club. Photo is from a group of snapshots of the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library and surrounding events.

American Legion National Commander Paul Griffith shown seated at a lunch table with 8 unidentified Legion members. Mr. Griffith is seated third from left.

American Legion National Commander Paul Griffith at the microphone at a Legion luncheon.

American Legion National Commander Paul Griffith at the microphone during a Legion luncheon.

American Legion National Commander Paul Griffith speaking at microphone at luncheon table.

Paul H. Griffith speaking at a banquet. Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder is seated at left.

President Harry S. Truman (seated on left), Mayor of Bolivar, Missouri, Dr. Doyle C. McCraw (center), and President Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela (seated on right), are seated at a table, engaged in conversation, in Bolivar, Missouri. President Truman dedicated a statue of Simon Bolivar in Bolivar, Missouri. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Luncheon at U.S. Army Headquarters, Berlin. Around the table starting from the left: David Bell; General Oliver Patton Echols; Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; unidentified man; and W. Alton Jones.