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Mrs. Bess W. Truman Receiving a Platter

67-2285
Accession Number
67-2285
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350287677
Keywords
First ladies
Gifts
Luncheons
Spouses
Women
HST Keywords
Truman - Bess - Dinners - Parties - Shows - Cabinet Wives; Acheson, Dean - Ref. to; Truman - Bess - Other - Gifts - Platter
People Pictured
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Acheson, Alice Stanley, 1895-1996
Barkley, Jane R. (Jane Rucker), 1911-1964
Brannan, Eda, (Eda Seltzer), 1906-2006
Chapman, Ann
Donaldson, Nell Fern Graybill
Lovett, Adele, 1899-1986
McGranery, Regina Clark, 1907-1975
Pace, Margaret
Sawyer, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Lippelman de Veyrac), Countess, 1907-1999
Snyder, Evlyn, 1894-1956
Tobin, Helen
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U.S. Army

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Description
Bess Truman poses outdoors with the wives of the Cabinet members during a luncheon at the home of former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. She is holding a large platter that was presented to her from the Cabinet wives. From left to right: Adele (Mrs. Robert) Lovett; Eda (Mrs. Charles) Brannan; Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson; Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; Bess W. Truman; Evlyn (Mrs. John) Snyder; Regina (Mrs. James) McGranery; Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles) Sawyer (mostly obscured); Helen (Mrs. Maurice) Tobin; Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace; Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson; unidentified.
Date(s)
January 20, 1953