Breakfasts

Breakfast held by President Harry S. Truman for the members of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery. Original photograph oversized.

Masonic breakfast for President Harry S. Truman at the Statler Hotel on George Washington's Birthday, donated by Frank Land. Original is oversized.

Harry S. Truman thumbs through a newspaper at St. Louis Union Station as he and Mrs. Bess Truman await their breakfast order -- scrambled eggs and bacon -- today. The former President had little to say about his speech to the nation tomorrow night, but told newsmen his comments on the Harry Dexter White case would give them "something to write about tomorrow night." The Trumans, home-bound after a New York visit, changed trains here en route to Independence, Missouri. From: Houston Post.

Breakfast is being served to the Melby Erskine Mission group at the Parusakawan Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. John F. Melby is sitting on the left. General Graves B. Erskine is sitting across the table from Mr. Melby.

Breakfast is being served at the Parusakawan Palace in Bangkok, Thailand for the Melby Erskine Mission delegation.

Breakfast is being served at the Parusakawan Palace in Bangkok, Thailand for the Melby Erskine Mission delegation.

Breakfast at Parusakawan Palace in Bangkok, Thailand during the Melby Erskine Mission. John F. Melby is being served by the waiter.

Ivy Duggan sits with others at the National 4-H Breakfast at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Seated from the left to right: Ivy W. Duggan, Farm Credit Administration; Charles Dana Bennett, for American Agriculture; William A. Davis Jr., of Valdosta, Georgia, national winner in 4-H leadership; Senator Walter F. George; Rhonwyn Lowry, 4-H Fellow from Georgia; Congressman E. L. Forrester; Adrian Short, national winner in 4-H citizenship; and Walter S. Brown, Associate Director of Extension, Georgia. Others are unidentified.

Senator Harry S. Truman (left) is placing bread in a toaster, while Bess Truman (background, right) looks on. She is standing at the stove, appearing to stir something in a pan. A Fiesta-ware pitcher sits on the counter. They are in the kitchen of their apartment at 4701 Connecticut Avenue, NW in Washington, D.C. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.

Former President Harry S. Truman eats breakfast at the Fontenelle Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, where he received an award from Beth Israel Synagogue. From left to right, the men in the picture are Rabbi Benjamin Groner, Arthur S. Gould, Sam Hahn, unidentified waiter, Henry Appel, Maurice Katzman, unidentified man, unidentified waiter, Mr. Truman, A. J. Granoff, Harry Sidman, Dr. Greenberg, Max Fromken, Nelson Gordman, and Dan Gordman (mostly cut off).