Cooking

A group of unidentified Women's Army Corps (WACs) cooks prepare to serve breakfast on Easter morning while on duty in North Africa.

The Chef points to President Harry S. Truman's cake at the Greater Los Angeles Press Club luncheon held at the Coconut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, during the President's trip to the West Coast. (Similar to 98-1287 and 66-754) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A cook and aide demonstrate a machine used to prepare vegetables in the kitchen of the Williamsburg, anchored at a base in the Caribbean during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, and Key West. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A sailor reads a book while he turns the chickens on a spit in the kitchen of the Williamsburg, somewhere in the Caribbean. The photo was taken during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Cuba and Key West. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

The Mess Sergeant on Reparations tour. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

The Chinese cook and help who cared for the Reparations Mission party at Anshan, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

At the awards luncheon held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, Margaret Truman looks on as Mrs. Samuel P. Weston, Grand Prize winner in Pillsbury's third Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest, helps Philip W. Pillsbury to a bite of her prize-winning Starlight Double-Delight Cake. From: Truman Home - Album "Pillsbury's 3rd Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest," Waldorf-Astoria, New York, presented to Margaret Truman from and autographed by the Pillsbury Family.

At the awards luncheon held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, Margaret Truman cuts a slice of Starlight Double-Delight Cake for Philip W. Pillsbury. The cake won Mrs. Samuel P. Weston the Grand Prize in Pillsbury's 3rd Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest. Left to right are: Mrs. Weston, Mr. Pillsbury, and Miss Truman. From: Truman Home - Album "Pillsbury's 3rd Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest," Waldorf-Astoria, New York, presented to Margaret Truman from and autographed by the Pillsbury family.

At the awards luncheon held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, Mrs. Ruth Andre, Director of Pillsbury's Home Service Center, offers Mrs. Philip W. Pillsbury a sample of the Starlight Double-Delight Cake that won Mrs. Samuel P. Weston the Grand Prize in Pillsbury's 3rd Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest. Left to right are: Mrs. Andre, Mrs. Weston, and Mrs. Pillsbury. From: Truman Home - Album, "Pillsbury's 3rd Grand national Recipe and Baking Contest," Waldorf-Astoria, New York, presented to Margaret Truman from and autographed by the Pillsbury family.

At the awards luncheon held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, Margaret Truman tastes the Starlight Double-Delight cake that won Mrs. Samuel P. Weston the Grand Prize in Pillsbury's 3rd Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest. Left to right are: Mrs. Weston, Mrs. Pillsbury, and Miss Truman. From: Truman Home - Album "Pillsbury's 3rd Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest," Waldorf-Astoria, New York, presented to Margaret Truman from and autographed by the Pillsbury family.