Receptions

Bess Truman (left) speaks with Emma-Stina Prescott (second from left) while Harry S. Truman (second from right) speaks to Kenneth W. Prescott (right) during a reception in honor of the Prescotts at the home of Dr. Philip C. Brooks. [From General Correspondence series, folder Pres-Press]

Overview of reception held following the swearing in of Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash. Mr. Nash has his back to the camera (center, left, silver hair).

James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State, shakes hands with an unidentified lady during a formal reception.

James E. Webb, head of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, shakes hands with President Lyndon B. Johnson during a ceremony for the presentation of the National Medal of Science. Lady Bird Johnson is just visible in the receiving line at the White House.

From left to right: unidentified, unidentified, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Mary Chinn Chiles, and Margaret Truman on an unknown occasion. This photo probably dates from Truman's senatorial period. From the Truman home.

From left to right: Margaret Truman, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Vice President Alben Barkley, and Mrs. Marian Truitt, Mr. Barkley's daughter. They are attending the President's Inaugural reception at the National Gallery of Art. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman at a reception held at the Truman Library the same day as a luncheon for the Harry S. Truman Library Institute. Mrs. Truman is on the left, wearing the dark glasses. Others are unidentified.

This is a photograph for a reception for Commander L.F. Rodgers, the Associate Director for the Detroit Insuring Office, part of the Federal Housing Administration. Commander Rodgers is not identified in the photo. There are a total of seventy-one unidentified men in the photo, including the Commander. The caption at the bottom, right corner of the photo reads: Reception for Commander L.F. Rodgers Associate Director, Detroit Insuring Office Federal Housing Administration, Barlum Hotel May 15, 1939.

Ralph and Gladys Will and John and Dorothy Emmerson are among those in the crowd at a United States Embassy reception in Karachi, Pakistan. Others are unidentified. Ralph Will is on the left side, fourth from left.

Rear Admiral Lewis Parks attends a reception given by members of the Pakistani ship, HMPS Muhafiz at Com(Open) in Norfolk, Virginia. Left to right: Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, Captain and Mrs. Ahsan, and Rear Admiral and Mrs. I. N. Kiland. Others in the background are unidentified.