Cake

Birthday cake presented to President Harry S. Truman (center) by members of the National Citizens Committee for United Nations Day. The cake is to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the United Nations. The cake is made from a recipe of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman's that is in the United Nations cookbook, sponsored by the Committee.

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (left) watches President Harry S. Truman cut a special Presidential cake baked by Master Sergeant Benedict A. Tamal. Major John E. Lennox watches. The cake presentation was held at the Little White House, President Truman's residence during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945

President Harry S. Truman was presented with a large cake which had been baked by Master Sergeant Benedict A. Tamal, chief baker with the Army in Berlin, Germany. From left to right: Secretary of State James Byrnes, President Truman, Master Sergeant Benedict A. Tamal, and Major General John Lennox, Mess Officer at Babelsburg. President Truman is in Germany attending the Potsdam Conference. From the album, number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, front row, second from right, attends a going away party for a woman at the Norfolk, Virginia Naval Operations Base. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, stands next to unknown woman at the Naval Operations Base in Norfolk, Virginia. They are standing behind a cake that is sitting on a table.

An unknown woman cuts a cake while attending a party at the Norfolk, Virginia Naval Operations Base.

Rear Admiral Parks attends a party celebrating the 43rd Anniversary of the Dental Corps at Norfolk, Virginia. Left to right: Rear Admiral and Mrs. A. A. Antrim, Zelda and Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, Captain and Mrs. Berry, Lieutenant General and Mrs. Oliver Smith, Captain and Mrs. Arthur Siegel, and Dr. and Mrs. S. E. Buxton, Jr. They are standing behind a cake on a table.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks attends ceremony in Hampton Roads in Norfolk, Virginia were he was Commander of the naval base in 1954. Parks stands at the table, center, eating a piece of cake. He is surrounded by sailors and a Marine drum line. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks attends ceremony in Hampton Roads in Norfolk, Virginia were he was Commander of the naval base in 1954. Parks stands at the table, center, cutting a cake. He is surrounded by sailors and a Marine drum line. All others are unidentified.

Two unknown Marines pose next to a cake for a ceremony. One of the Marines is holding his saber as if he is about to cut the cake. Ceremony was held in Norfolk, Virginia.