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John R. Steelman (right) poses with "Miss Arkansas 1949," Barbara Brothers (right), while they share a picnic lunch. The photograph was taken at the Arkansas State Society Picnic held at Palisades Park.

Miss Arkansas 1949, Barbara Brothers (left), and John R. Steelman (foreground, right) cut into a watermelon at the Arkansas State Society Picnic. The picnic was held at Palisades Park. Others in the background are unidentified.

Emma (Mrs. John R.) Steelman (background, against wall, second from right) and John R. Steelman (background, against wall, right) attend a dinner honoring William C. Liller on his retirement from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The location was the restaurant in the Widener Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All others are unidentified.

Portrait of Emma (Mrs. John R.) Steelman, wearing a fur stole.

Emma (Mrs. John) Steelman (right) smiles at the camera as her husband, John R. Steelman (third from left) shakes hands with President Harry S. Truman (second from right) and an unidentified man after being sworn in as the Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (third from right) stands next to Emma (Mrs. John) Steelman (second from right) as John R. Steelman (second from left) is sworn in as Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, as photographers record the ceremony. The photograph is taken outside the White House. All others are unidentified.

Assistant to the President John R. Steelman (seated, third from left) with a group of unidentified men and women at the Bar Association Dinner in Washington, D.C.

John R. Steelman (fifth from left) boards an Eastern Air Lines plane departing Washington D.C. for Birmingham, Alabama, with a group of unidentified young women. The party's destination is the Birmingham, Alabama Christmas Carnival.

Roberta Vinson and her husband, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Fred Vinson, pose for a photograph while visiting Key West, Florida. They visited Key West as members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party.

John R. Steelman (bottom, left) shakes hands with a unidentified young woman while a large group of unidentified men and women, including pilots, look on. The group is posing on the boarding stairs next to an Eastern Air Lines plane and are on their way to the Birmingham Christmas Carnival in Birmingham, Alabama.