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Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961

Bess Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Edith Galt Wilson, all Former First Ladies

Washington, D. C. Mrs. Woodrow (Edith) Wilson looks up as she has a word tonight with two other former first ladies of the land, Mrs. Harry S. (Bess) Truman, (left), and Mrs. Franklin (Eleanor) Roosevelt, and the gathering of the top Democrats attending the testimonial dinner for House Speaker Sam Rayburn. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson sit on a Bench on the White House Lawn

Edith Wilson, wife of World War I President, Woodrow Wilson, sits on a bench and converses with President Harry S. Truman during a White House lawn party for sick and disabled members of the Armed Forces. Mrs. Wilson originated the annual affair after World War I. (See also 92-364.) (Photo in oversize drawer) From: Found in a box of miscellaneous photographs in the audiovisual area.