Clothing and dress

Formal acceptance by the State of Missouri of the loan of one of Bess W. Truman's gowns from the 1949 Inaugural festivities. Lieutenant Governor James Blair (right) accepting the gown, assisted by his wife Mrs. Blair. D.M. Johnson, director of Missouri Resources Museum, (left) acting in behalf of the White House. The ceremony took place in the Governor's Reception Room, State Capitol, Jefferson City, Missouri.

Back of World War II era bomber jacket, showing aircraft and bombs. This photo was taken at the Harry S. Truman Appreciation Society program at the Harry S. Truman Library, where Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., spoke and had a book signing. Mr. Tibbets was the pilot who flew the airplane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Donor: Ed Ireland.

A few of the colorful shirts sent to President Harry S. Truman while he vacationed in Key West, Florida. People in photo are unidentified.

A few of the colorful shirts sent as gifts to President Harry S. Truman while he vacationed in Key West, Florida.

Interior view with author Charles W. Thayer on the right seen holding his jacket with a native Mongolian dressed in a del assisting him. Exact location in Mongolia not known. Diplomat and author Charles Thayer headed a party of fourteen Americans who traveled to Mongolia on a vacation in the summer of 1963, probably in June. They arrived at Ulan Bator and during the trip visited the Gobi Desert as well as the steppes of Mongolia and the site of the ancient capital of Karakorum.

Figurine of Bess Truman in a woven gray satin dress with a silver swirling feather design which she wore at the Presidential Reception at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 1949. (See also 2009-1718.) From: Truman Home.

Back view of the dress worn by Bess Wallace Truman, First Lady of the White House, at the Presidential Reception at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., on the evening of January 20, 1949. The material is a specially woven gray satin with a swirling feather design in silver lame, which was created by Ducharne of Paris. (See also 2009-1718.) From: Truman Home.

Front view of the dress worn by Bess Wallace Truman, First Lady of the White House, at the Presidential Reception at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., on the evening of January 20, 1949. The material is a specially woven gray satin with a swirling feather design in silver lame, which was created by Ducharne of Paris. From: Truman Home

Seamstress sewing patch on Universal Military Training uniform at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as soldier looks on. From a red leather album of photos depicting a week in the life of a UMT trainee. A gift from Brigadier General John M. Devine.

Interior of clothing store at Westport, Kansas City, Missouri (at 39th and Main) owned by Eddie Jacobson. It is called Westport Men's Wear Company. Mr. Jacobson used to be in the haberdashery business with Harry S. Truman.