First ladies

Bess Wallace Truman and Representative Jessie Sumner at the Spanish Club Luncheon held at the Canadian Embassy.

President Harry S. Truman and Bess Wallace Truman departing from a train.

Bess Wallace Truman and her Independence, Missouri, bridge club at the White House. From left to right: Mrs. Leslie (Mary) Shaw, Mrs. Thomas (Adelaide) Twyman, Mrs. Frank (Natalie) Wallace, Mrs. Mize (Lucy) Peters, Margaret Truman, Mrs. James H. (Anne) Boyle (mostly obscured behind Margaret), Mrs. George (May) Wallace, Mrs. E. K. (Helena) Crow, Bess Wallace Truman, Mrs. Melvin (Thelma) Pollette, Mrs. James C. (Mag) Noel, Mrs. John (Edna) Hutchison, and Mrs. Oscar (Linda) King.

Bess Wallace Truman (right) talking to a nurse and girl in a therapy bath. Mrs. Truman was visiting the hospital in relationship to the polio drive that was taking place.

Bess Wallace Truman (center) meeting with an unidentified man and woman.

Margaret Truman celebrated her 23rd birthday by attending a performance of H.M.S. Pinafore, starring John Charles Thomas at Constitution Hall. From left to right are Jane Lingo, Margaret Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Bess Wallace Truman.

From left to right: Jose Iturbi, Margaret Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, and President Harry S. Truman attending a concert given by Mr. Iturbi.

Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman and others on the rear of a train at Muskogee, Oklahoma.

From left to right, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary of War Robert Patterson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, and Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach. They are leaving for the Capitol for President Truman to make his State of the Union speech to Congress. The photo is autographed by each person in the photo.

From left to right: Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary of War Robert Patterson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, and Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach. President Truman is preparing to go to Congress to make his annual State of the Union speech.