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Actor Van Johnson with actress Margaret O'Brien eating cake at a Roosevelt Birthday Ball function in Washington, D.C., with movie stars William Bendix, Charles Coburn, and Angela Lansbury (white dress on right) visible in the background.

Movie Stars posing with President Harry S. Truman and his family at the White House. Front row, left to right: Ilene Woods, Diana Lynn, Margaret Truman, Margaret O'Brien, the President, Mrs. Bess Truman, Constance Moore, Dorothy Kilgallen, Eileen Barton. Back row, left to right: Jo Stafford, Eleanor Lambert, Angela Lansbury, Helen Sioussat, Eddie Bracken, Paul Henreid, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith, Cesar Romero, Lucy Monroe, William Bendix, Reginald Gardiner, Sergeant Harvey Stone, and Charles Coburn.

Actor Van Johnson with actress Margaret O'Brien eating cake during a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function in Washington, D.C. Others are unidentified.

Margaret O'Brien sitting between President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman, as First Lady Bess Truman (next to Truman) and assorted movie stars look on. Clockwise from left bottom: Diana Lynn, Eleanor Lambert, Angela Lansbury, Helen Sioussat, Eddie Bracken, Paul Henreid, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith, and Cesar Romero.

Hollywood celebrities arriving in Washington, D.C. to participate in Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball activities. From left to right: Zachary Scott, Eddie Bracken, Van Johnson, Margaret O'Brien, Diana Lynn, Angela Lansbury, Paul Henreid, Alexis Smith, Reginald Gardiner, and an unidentified woman.

Ballroom filled with diners, taken during the Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball in Washington, D.C.

Movie stars Diana Lynn (left) and Alexis Smith (right), seated at a table with an unidentified man during the Roosevelt Birthday Ball, with a portrait of the late President in the background.

Movie stars Angela Lansbury, Charles Coburn, and Constance Moore seated at a table during a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function in Washington, D.C. with a portrait of the late President in the background.

Hollywood celebrities Constance Moore and Van Johnson (right_ seated at a table with an unidentified military officer during a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function in Washington, D.C.

Actor Eddie Bracken at a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function, in between two unidentified persons.