Balls (Parties)

First Lady Bess Truman (second left of cake) at the Roosevelt Birthday Ball with various Hollywood celebrities in attendance. Charles Coburn is third from the left. Van Johnson is on the right of the cake, eating a piece of cake. Others are unidentified.

A large crowd gathered at the Roosevelt Birthday Ball.

First Lady Bess Truman cutting the cake at the Roosevelt Birthday Ball as various Hollywood celebrities look on. From left to right; three unidentified, Charles Coburn; Gene Kelly (kneeling); Margaret O'Brien (sitting on Gene Kelly's knee); unidentified; Mrs. Truman; Margaret Truman; unidentified; unidentified; Paul Henreid.

First Lady Bess Truman (second from the left of cake) and Margaret Truman (left of cake) cutting the cake at the Roosevelt Birthday Ball. Also present are Margaret O'Brien (in front of cake), Charles Coburn (front row, second from left), Gene Kelly (kneeling, left), Paul Henreid (third from right), Cesar Romero (kneeling, right), Alexis Smith (second from right), and other Hollywood celebrities.

From left to right, Mrs. Anna Mae Long, Mrs. Norma Vanderpool, Mr. and Mrs. B.L. La Doucieur, and Ray De Bott at a membership drive for the Young Democratic Club of Kansas City, Missouri at Municipal Auditorium.

Shown at the President's Ball are left to right: Charles Coburn, Florence Ross, Press Secretary Charles Ross, unidentified, Alexis Smith and Chester Nimitz.

Inaugural party with program by movie stars and others. Left to Right: Edgar Bergen, Joan Davis, Lena Horne, Margaret O'Brien, George Jessel, unidentified, Dorothy Maynor, unidentified, unidentified, President Harry S. Truman, Alice Faye, Phil Regan, unidentified woman (partly obscured), Lucy Monroe, unidentified man, Jane Powell, Kathryn DeWitt, Gene Kelly. This photograph is from the Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

Senator Millard Tydings, Maryland, with two unidentified ladies at the inaugural ball. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

President Harry S. Truman (at right) referring to Alben Barkley as "Senator" at an inaugural party. Left to right: Margaret Truman, Vice President Alben Barkley, Mrs. Max Truitt (daughter of Vice President Barkley), and President Harry S. Truman. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Margaret Truman dances with Captain William Zimmermann at the Inaugural Ball. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.