Christmas

Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (left) hands out glasses of punch to unidentified Department of the Interior staff at a Christmas party. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

View of the speakers platform and attendees at the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in President's Park outside the White House. All people unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Department of the Interior staff at a Department Christmas party. Pictured: Mrs. J. Atwood Maulding, Director of Personnel (left); Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (second from left); and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right, front row: James Chapman; Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Marilyn Krug; Margaret (Mrs. Julius) Krug; James Krug; and Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug at the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in President's Park outside the White House. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) poses with an unidentified woman from the Salvation Army in front of a Christmas donation kettle.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) poses with an unidentified man from the Salvation Army in front of a Christmas donation kettle.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (center) with two unidentified women in front of a Christmas tree.

Oscar Chapman (right), Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (second from right), and James Chapman (second from left) sit by a Christmas tree with an unidentified woman and dog.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Ed Kelly, Superintendent, National Park Service, turn on the lights of the National Christmas Tree during the lighting ceremony.

An unidentified man speaks from the podium during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the South lawn of the White House. Pictured: President Harry S. Truman (behind speaker); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right of podium, front row, third from right); James Chapman (right of podium, front row, second from right); and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (right of podium, front row, fourth from left). All others unidentified.