Parties

Photograph of a party on the occasion of Oscar K. LaRoque leaving the service of the Home Loan Bank Board and returning to the Federal Home Loan bank of Greensboro. The men in this photo are dressed in women's clothing and seem to be dancing. All are unidentified.

Reathel Odum and Secret Servicemen at the Captain's cocktail party for First Class passengers during their trip on the S.S. Constitution. At table: Mr. Cooper, ship's purser (left); Andy Daigle, Secret Service (second from left); Guy Spaman, Secret Service (fourth from left); James Burke, Secret Service (fourth from right); and Reathel Odum (third from right). Ms. Odum was personal secretary to First Lady Bess W. Truman and traveling companion of Margaret Truman at the time this photo was taken. All others unidentified.

Former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder cuts into the cake at his birthday party.

Former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder talking with (right) unidentified men at his birthday party.

Former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (right) talks with unidentified men at his birthday party.

American soldiers buy beer during the formal opening of the Manila Leave Center Beer Garden in Manila, Philippines. All are unidentified. Donor: John Paxton

Unidentified military personnel relax at the formal opening of the Manila Leave Center Beer Garden, Manila, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton

From left to right: Floyd Dotson, Chief Clerk of the Department of the Interior; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; and Mastin White, Solicitor of the Department of the Interior at a Christmas party in Assistant Secretary of the Interior Davidson's office. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Department of the Interior staff pose for a picture during the Christmas Party in the office of Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson (second from right). Also pictured: Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior Vernon Northrop (left); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (fourth from right); and Mrs. Ann Chapman (third from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (left) hands out glasses of punch to unidentified Department of the Interior staff at a Christmas party. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook