First ladies

Punished for being a pollywog, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman sits with King Neptune and his Royal Court during ceremonies as the Battleship U. S. S. Missouri crosses the Equator, September 11th, enroute back to the United States from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with the Presidential Party. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

Former President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman relax in a gondola lent to them by the Mayor Venice, Italy May 31st on the last day of their Italian vacation. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman fish from the boat "Big Wheel" off Key West, Florida, while on vacation. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

Wedding party of Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Truman in the yard at 219 North Delaware in Independence, Missouri. From left to right: Helen Wallace; Harry S. Truman; Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman; Louise Wells Hull (Mrs. Lee Hull). Back row: Ted Marks; Frank Wallace.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra on the reviewing stand watching the Brazilian Independence Day Parade, along with an unidentified military officer, a priest, and Admiral William D. Leahy (from left to right). President and Mrs. Truman were in Rio de Janeiro on an official state visit. Original is oversized.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra on the reviewing stand watching the Brazilian Independence Day Parade, along with an unidentified military officer, a priest, and Admiral William D. Leahy (from left to right). President and Mrs. Truman were in Rio de Janeiro on an official state visit. Original is oversized.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra on the reviewing stand watching the Brazilian Independence Day Parade. President and Mrs. Truman were in Rio de Janeiro on an official state visit. Original is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman gave a State Dinner at the American Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in honor of President Eurico Gaspar Dutra during Truman's visit to that country. From left to right: United States Ambassador to Brazil William D. Pawley, President Dutra, Mrs. Dutra, Mrs. Pawley, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, President Truman. Original is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman at a banquet given by President Eurico Gaspar Dutra of Brazil and his wife. From left to right (seated): President Dutra's daughter, President Truman, President Dutra, Mrs. Truman. Original is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman at a banquet given by President Eurico Gaspar Dutra of Brazil and his wife during the Trumans visit to Brazil. From left to right (seated): President Dutra's daughter, President Truman, President Dutra, and Mrs. Truman. Original is oversized.