Festivals

Former First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (right) at the train station in Portland, Oregon. She is being presented with flowers by an unidentified lady. The former First Lady attended the Rose Festival in Portland. Donor: Edward Bushby.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and the former First Lady Bess Truman get into a car. They are in Portland, Oregon for the Rose Festival. Donor: Edward Bushby.

Former President Harry S. Truman (third from left) with Mayor Fred L. Peterson in a crowd. The former president is in Portland, Oregon, for the Rose Festival. Donor: Edward Bushby.

Unidentified women standing before the altar of the Trung sisters in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam Women's Day Observation and Parade.

From left to right, John R. Steelman; Joan Davis, Farm Queen; June Cook, Miss Washington; and R.W. Farmer, Fair Chairman snip the ribbons to open the nineth annual Montgomery County, Maryland Fair.

President Ngo Dinh Diem of Vietnam (right) chatting with women from Burma who came to Saigon to attend the Vietnam Women's Day celebrations. All others are unidentified.

Madame Nhu, First Lady of Vietnam (middle left) and a lady believed to be Daw Khin Kyi of Burma, (center) admiring the best cakes from the cake-making contest held in celebration of Vietnam Women's Day. Daw Khin Kyi was Burmese Ambassador to India. All others are unidentified.

Madame Nhu, honorary First Lady of Vietnam (left) presents a prize to a young woman at the celebrations of Vietnam Women's Day in Saigon. All others are unidentified.

An unidentified young woman (left) presents a bouquet of flowers to an unidentified woman (right) who is a member of the delegation of women from Burma who attended the Vietnam Women's Day celebration in Saigon.

An unidentified woman is the prize winner at the literary contest held in honor of Vietnam Women's Day in Saigon, Vietnam.