Bess Truman (left) and Margaret Truman (second from left) look at the water while participating in a fishing outing at A. J. Stephens' Basswood Hotel in Platte County, Missouri. The individual on the right is unidentified. Bess Truman's bridge club, The Independence Tuesday Bridge Club, was on a retreat to Basswood. [Donor: Stephen Bayliss]
Incoming National Press Club President Edward Jamieson (left) and his family standby as Vice President Harry S. Truman plays the piano, accompanied by Jack Benny on the violin at the National Press Club. This was likely a rehearsal for Jamieson's Inaugural party as the new president of the press club. From: Howard Acton.
Photo of a letter of regret by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. to Charles P. Orchard, Chairman of the Invitation Committee, Knights of the Cauliflower Ear. Morgenthau will be unable to attend the dinner honoring Robert E. Hannegan as newly appointed Commissioner Internal Revenue Service. The letter is signed by Morgenthau. From: The Album, Knights of the Cauliflower Ear Proudly Acclaim the Presidential Appointment of Hon. Robert E. Hannegan as Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
The dining room of the Coronado Hotel in St. Louis before the Knights of the Cauliflower Ear dinner honoring Robert E. Hannegan, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. From: The Album, Knights of the Cauliflower Ear Proudly Acclaim the Presidential Appointment of Hon. Robert E. Hannegan as Commissioner of Internal Revenue.