Entertainers

At the awards luncheon held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, Arthur Godfrey can't resist sampling Miss Helen Constance Thatcher's Apple Orchard Pie, the first Junior prize winner in Pillsbury's 3rd Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest. Left to right are Arthur Godfrey, Miss Helen Constance Thatcher, Mrs. Philip W. Pillsbury, and Master of Ceremonies Art Linkletter. 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, Arthur Godfrey awards the first Junior prize in Pillsbury's Third Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest to Miss Helen Constance Thatcher, of Charleston, South Carolina, for her Apple Orchard Pie. On Miss Thatcher's left is Mrs. Philip W. 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, third-prize winner in Pillsbury's 3rd Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest, Mrs. B.J. O'Donnell, a housewife from Elkhorn, Wisconsin, is almost too excited to talk about her Plantation Peach Shortcake and award. Next to her are Master of Ceremonies Art Linkletter and Margaret 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, second prize winner in Pillsbury's Third Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest, Mrs. Elizabeth Sawdo (left) of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, tells Master of Ceremonies Art Linkletter and Margaret Truman about her prize-winning cookies. Behind Mr. Linkletter is Mrs. Philip W. 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, Master of Ceremonies Art Linkletter (center) laughs with Mrs. Samuel P. Weston (left) about the plans that she is making for the prize money she has just received from Margaret Truman (right) after winning first place in Pillsbury's Third Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest. Just behind Mrs. Weston is Mrs. Philip W. Pillsbury. The others are unidentified.

At Pillsbury's Third Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest awards luncheon held at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, Grand Prize Winner Mrs. Samuel P. Weston (left) of La Jolla, California, holds up the awards she has just received from Margaret Truman (right). In the center is Master of Ceremonies Art Linkletter, and behind him is Mrs. Philip W. 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.

Margaret Truman (third from left) centers the head table at the Award Luncheon for winners in Pillsbury's Third Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest, held in the Starlight Roof of the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City. Arthur Godfrey is at head table, third from right, and Master of Ceremonies Art Linkletter is standing. 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.

Movie stars posing with President Harry S. Truman and his family at the White House during their visit for the Roosevelt Birthday Ball festivities. Front row, left to right: Ilene Woods, Diana Lynn, Margaret Truman, Margaret O'Brien, President Truman, Mrs. Bess Truman, Constance Moore, Dorothy Kilgallen, Eileen Barton. Back row, left to right: Jo Stafford, Eleanor Lambert, Angela Lansbury, Helen Sioussat, Eddie Bracken, Paul Henreid, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith, Cesar Romero, Lucy Monroe, William Bendix, Reginald Gardiner, Sgt. Harvey Stone, and Charles Coburn.

Actress Margaret O'Brien (center) sitting between President Harry S. Truman (seated, fourth from left) and Margaret Truman (seated, second from left) at the White House during a visit by movie stars to a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function. Clockwise from bottom left: Diana Lynn, Angela Lansbury, Helen Sioussat, Eddie Bracken, Paul Henreid, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith, Cesar Romero, and Mrs. Bess Truman (partial).

Movie stars and entertainers posing with President Harry S. Truman and his family at the White House during their visit to Washington, D.C. for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball. Front row, left to right: Ilene Woods, Diana Lynn, Margaret Truman, Margaret O'Brien, President Truman, Mrs. Bess Truman, Constance Moore, Dorothy Kilgallen, Eileen Barton.