Clubs

Commander of the American Legion Paul H. Griffith (left) shown with unidentified man.

Bess Truman and Margaret Truman pose for a group photo with members of Bess Truman's Independence, Missouri bridge club outside the White House. Left to right are: Mary Gentry (Mrs. Leslie) Shaw, Adelaide Twyman, Natalie Ott Wallace, Lucy Peters (Mrs. Mize Peters), Margaret Truman, Anne Peters (Mrs. James H.) Boyle, May Southern Wallace, Helena (Mrs. E.K.) Crow, Bess Truman, Thelma (Mrs. Melvin) Pollette, Mag Barkley (Mrs. James C.) Noel, Edna Hutchison, and Linda (Mrs. Oscar) King (KC). (See 59-907.) From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman (third from left) pours "Oakite" into the hands of an unidentified woman as they clean a door in a what seems to be a church in preparation for a USO fund drive. The two other woman and the soldier in the background are also unidentified. From: Truman Home.

U.S. Reparations Mission Staff "roughing it" at Victory Guest Club, Koenigstein, Germany. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

View of countryside at Victory Guest Club, Koenigstein, Germany. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

View of countryside at Victory Guest Club, Koenigstein, Germany. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

View of roof and countryside surrounding Victory Guest Club, Koenigstein, Germany. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Scene of countryside at Victory Guest Club, Koenigstein, Germany. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

The Victory Guest Club, the billets (living quarters) of the Members of U.S. Reparations Mission in Koenigstein, Germany near Frankfurt. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Photograph of Jefferson Island, Maryland, and buildings where President Truman attended a weekend stag party on Sept. 22, 1945.