Bonnet, Helle

Left to right: Mrs. Henri Bonnet, wife of the French Ambassador, unidentified women, Bess Truman, and Mrs. Charles Brannan, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture. The date and event are unknown, but it was evidently at the Carlton Hotel.

Miss Drucie Snyder (daughter of Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder) giving flowers to Mrs. Fred M. Vinson (far right) and the wife of the French Ambassador, Madame Bonnet (far left) during the inaugural ball. Fred Vinson is in the background. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Madame Henri Bonnet, wife of the French Ambassador to the United States, is shown here with Jack Frye, President of TWA. She is christening the Constellation airplane "The Paris Sky Chief" prior to the takeoff of a preview passenger flight to Paris, marking the debut of the 300 mile an hour Lockheed Constellation as a luxury liner of the skyways for TWA. Steam was used by Madame Bonnet to christen the plane. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and First Lady Bess Truman (left) admire an 18th century musical clock and two golden candelabras presented to the President in a ceremony on the North Portico of the White House by French Ambassador Henri Bonnet (2nd from right) and his wife (right). They were acquired by French President Vincent Auriol for use in the renovated White House and will be placed in the Red Room.