Spouses

Panoramic view from the summit of Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Cynthia Thayer can be seem in full view on the left. Charles Thayer describes the image as "the view from the top of Mt. Sinai. My wife in the foreground." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Dinner guests of the captain of the S.S. Liberte. Pictured: Treasurer of the United States Georgia Neese Clark (first row from left, fourth from the bottom); Mrs. India Edwards, Vice Chairman, Democratic National Committee (first row, third from the top); and Mrs. Helle Bonnet, wife to the French Ambassador to the United States (second row, fourth from the top). All other individuals are unidentified.

Mrs. Ralph E. Truman stands before the plaque of her husband at the Gen. Ralph E. Truman Memorial Armory in Springfield, Missouri. This series of photos is the same as 66-4909 through 66-4919.

Thomas Hart Benton signs autographs as his wife, Rita, looks on during Thomas Hart Benton Day in Neosho, Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) receives a gift of a clock and two candelabra from the French Ambassador to the United States, Henri Bonnet (second from right). The clock is mounted on a white marble base and is supported by two cupids astride bronze animals. It is the work of sculptor Gouttiere. These gifts were sent on behalf of the President of France especially for the renovated White House. First Lady Bess W. Truman (left) and Madame Bonnet (right) look on.

President Harry S. Truman receives a gift of a clock and two candelabra from the French Ambassador to the United States, Henri Bonnet (second from right). The clock is mounted on a white marble base and is supported by two cupids astride bronze animals. It is the work of sculptor Gouttiere. These gifts were sent on behalf of the President of France and especially meant as an addition to the newly renovated White House. First Lady Bess W. Truman (far left) and Madame Bonnet (far right) look on.

Bess Truman, wearing a white pilgrim collar, is seated fourth from the left at Table No. 11, at the Annual Congressional Club breakfast at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. (See 2009-1828 for an oversized photo of the entire room.) From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) receives a gift from French Ambassador Henri Bonnet (second from right) presented on behalf of French President Vincent Auriol. The gift consisted of a musical clock and pair of candelabra, presented on the occasion of the renovation of the White House. First Lady Bess W. Truman (left) and Madame Helle Bonnet (right) look on.

In one of a series of photographs depicting a typical day in the life of Senator Harry S. Truman, Senator Truman and his wife, Bess, work on correspondence in his apartment at 4701 Connecticut in Washington, D. C. From: New York Herald Tribune.

United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup prior to his return from his trip to the Far East. From left to right: William M. Gibson, Aide to Ambassador Jessup; Lois (Mrs. Philip C.) Jessup; Ambassador Jessup; and Vernice Anderson, Secretary to Ambassador Jessup.