Balls (Parties)

Mr. James Pendergast (third from left) is photographed at an Inaugural party. Pendergast's wife, Kathleen (fourth from left), and daughter, Mary Ellen Pendergast (unknown position), are also present along with two unidentified women. Source: Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower (front row, eighth and ninth from the right, in the center) at their Inaugural Ball, with other unidentified people. A photo of Vice President Richard Nixon is on the wall on the right.

President Harry S. Truman pictured with, from left to right, Gower Champion, Marge Champion, Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, Jo Stafford, Liberace, and Wally Cox at the White House News Photographers Ball.

Margaret Truman dances with Captain William Zimmermann at the Inauguration ball of President Harry S. Truman.

Margaret Truman dancing with Captain William Zimmermann at the Inaugural Ball.

From left to right, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Mrs. Perle Mesta, President Harry S. Truman, Miss Margaret Truman and two unidentified men at the Inaugural Ball.

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman at the 1949 Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C. From left to right: unidentified man, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, Ms. Perle Mesta, President Truman, Margaret Truman, Inaugural Ball Co-Chairman Edgar Morris, and Arthur Bergman.

Margaret Truman (seated, right) attends the Inaugural Gala for her father, President Harry S. Truman, at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D. C. Captain William Zimmermann appears in military uniform behind Margaret's right shoulder. All others are unidentified. From the Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

Performers and others at President Harry S. Truman's Inaugural Gala stand backstage. Guy Lombardo is on the left. Xavier Cugat, who is holding a tiny dog, is on the right. All others are unidentified.

One of the bands does a musical performance at President Harry S. Truman's Inaugural gala.