Childhood and youth

Exterior view which includes James (Jimmy) Thayer on the right standing beside an unidentified woman. Location appears to be at the Thayer vacation home called Laubau located in Bavaria. A portion of the home is in view.

Exterior view of James (Jimmy) Thayer, son of diplomat Charles W. Thayer and his wife Cynthia, playing in a yard.

Exterior view of James (Jimmy) Thayer, son of diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia, seated on a swing.

Exterior view of James (Jimmy) D. Thayer, son of Charles and Cynthia Thayer, as a small child posed with a dog and unidentified woman, possibly a maid.

Formal full-length portrait (tintype) of Frank Wallace as a child, wearing a long striped coat and a "derby" hat, carrying a cane, and leaning on a decorative post in front of an artificial landscape. This appears to have been taken at the same time as 2009-1575, the tintype of Bess Wallace. From: Truman Home.

Tintype of Bess Wallace as a child, around seven years of age. This is a studio portrait with a flowered backdrop. She is wearing a plaid shirt, vest, skirt, and boots. From: Truman home.

Margaret Truman, age four, is riding a tricycle in the yard of the Truman home. This photograph appears in the book by Margaret Truman, "Letters from Father," on page 89. The Harry S. Truman Library has the original negative for this image. From: Truman home.

Sitting on a farm fence, with a planted field in the background, left to right: Bess Wallace, Mrs. Emma P. Southern (mother of May Wallace), and May Wallace. From: Copied from a photo album lent to the Truman Library by May Wallace.