Parties

Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (center) meeting with unknown persons at an unknown event.

Bess Truman points her white-gloved hand at Mrs. Meigs while attending a Garden Party at St. John's Orphanage. The city is unknown.

Bess Truman and three unidentified women in evening gowns pose for a photo at a Pi Phi Founders Day gathering at the Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. From: Truman Home.

A barber shop quartet made up of (from left to right) Reverend Ross Snyder, Ambassador Philip C. Jessup, Mr. William Kasper, and Mr. Raymond M. Brown performing on New Year's Eve aboard the S.S. President Cleveland cruise liner. This photo was taken while Vernice Anderson traveled with Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup on his mission to the Far East.

Guests of Ambassador Pauley having cocktails before the dinner at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

A view of Millstone Farm near Burke, Virginia, showing the main house in the background, a barn, and a shelter house where service men are lining up for a buffet lunch, some in swimming gear. The party is one of a series held on Sunday afternoons for enlisted men, sponsored by the American Newspaper Women's Club of Washington, D.C., as part of "Operation Homefront." From: Truman Home. From scrapbook on Operation Homefront.

Members of the armed services from Fort Meade and Belvoir, some in swimming trunks, relax on the porch and lawn of the Millstone Farm near Burke, Virginia, during a Sunday afternoon party sponsored by the American Newspaper Women's Club of Washington, D.C., as part of "Operation Homefront." The party, including a buffet supper, swimming and dancing, is one of a series of parties held on Sunday afternoons by the Club for enlisted men. The identities of the men are unknown. From: Truman Home.

A lace-covered table is set with a tea service and china for a buffet lunch at a party, including cards and music, sponsored by the American Newspaper Women's Club, Washington, D.C., for enlisted men as part of "Operation Homefront." This is one of a series of parties to be held every Sunday afternoon. (See also 2009-1631.) From: Truman Home.

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.

Members of the armed services gather around a table to be served cake and beverage by volunteers at the American Newspaper Women's Club buffet held every Sunday afternoon in Washington, D.C., as part of "Operation Homefront." The back of the photo reads: "The American Newspaper Womens Club feel that only the best in food, silver linen, etc. is good enough for the parties they give each Sun. afternoon for the enlisted men, who take advantage of the free tours to Washington." From: Truman Home.