Parties

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) congratulates Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (third from right) at an unidentified event in the Interior building. Also pictured: Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson (second from right); and Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior Vernon Northrop (right). All others unidentified.

Department of the Interior staff at an unidentified event in the Interior Building. Left to right: Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (dressed as Dean of the Electoral College); Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus; Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson; and Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior Vernon Northrop. All others unidentified.

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) congratulates Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (third from right) at an unidentified event in the Interior building. Also pictured: Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson (second from right); and Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Interior Vernon Northrop (right). All others unidentified.

Major General Louis W. Truman and Mrs. Margaret Stevenson Truman enjoy the first dance to officially open the new Service Club "Cascadian" at Fort Lewis, Washington. Others in the background attending the party are unidentified.

Mrs. Margaret Stevenson Truman (center foreground, left) and Major General Louis W. Truman (center foreground, right) attend a party with unidentified others. The party the opening night ceremonies for the new Fort Lewis, Washington, Service Club, the "Cascadian."

Captain Bauer provided entertainment during the "Frontier Night" party at the Fort Lewis, Washington, Officer's Club, playing honky-tonk piano for the guests.

Captain Bauer provided entertainment during the "Frontier Night" party at the Fort Lewis, Washington, Officer's Club, playing honky-tonk piano for the guests.

Major General Louis W. Truman, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Lewis commander, is "held up" for the first five dollars worth of tickets to the July 4 "Frontier Night" party at the Fort Lewis Officer's Club. Mrs. Jeannette Strombeck, wife of Second Lieutenant Edward E. Strombeck, 47th Infantry, is the ducat seller. Mrs. Beatrix Schick, wife of Major Charles F. Schick, 5th Battalion, 16th Artillery Company, models a $1000 mink stole to be given away as a door prize at the event

Major General Louis Truman (left) and his wife, Margaret S. Truman, dressed as Bat Masterson and Annie Oakley pose for a photograph prior to entering the swinging doors of the Officer's Club at Fort Lewis, Washington, on "Frontier Night."

Bess Truman (second from left), wearing an evening gown, chats with three unidentified women at the New York Newspaper Girls' party held at the Statler Hotel in New York City. From: Truman Home.