Gilbert Bayliss

Bess Truman (left) and Margaret Truman (second from left) look at the water while participating in a fishing outing at A.J. Stephens' Basswood Hotel in Platte County, Missouri. The individual on the right is unidentified. Bess Truman's bridge club, The Independence Tuesday Bridge Club, was on a retreat to Basswood. Donor: Stephen Bayliss.

First Lady Bess Truman is shown on the shore of the Basswood Lodge in Platte County, Missouri, during a Bridge Club visit. She is holding three-month-old Elaine Bayliss, daughter of the Basswood caretaker, Gilbert Bayliss.