First ladies

President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman on the campaign trail in 1948 with actress Tallulah Bankhead. Same as photograph 59-483.

Mrs. Michael Galvin (left) with Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (right) with the Galvin's son, who is dressed in a community chest uniform at a dinner given by the Washington, D. C. chapter of the Community Chest.

Mrs. Michael Galvin (left) with Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (right) with the Galvin's son, who is dressed in a community chest uniform at a dinner given by the Washington, D. C. chapter of the Community Chest.

Former President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman at Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman exiting Trinity Episcopal Church in Independence, Missouri, after her daughter Margaret's wedding. This photo copied from original slide number SL 2450. Donor: Mrs. James Schuette. She purchased the slides at a garage sale. Possibly taken by Mrs. Pete Bedsaul of Independence, Missouri.

From left to right: Mrs. Robert Weatherford, Mayor Robert Weatherford, former President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman at a homecoming dinner given for them at the Laurel Club dining room at the Reorganized Latter Day Saints Auditorium in Independence, Missouri. Photo is copied from original slide number SL2421. Donor: Mrs. James Schuette.

From left to right: unidentified, unidentified, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Mary Chinn Chiles, and Margaret Truman on an unknown occasion. This photo probably dates from Truman's senatorial period. From the Truman home.

From left to right: Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, and Margaret Truman bedecked with leis while on a sailing party to Hawaii. Donor: Werner Stoy.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (center) with a gas station owner Carroll Kehne, studying a road map. The Trumans stopped at this Gulf Station at 400 West Patrick Street, Frederick, Maryland, on their road trip. Former President Truman had driven his own car from Missouri to Washington, D.C., to attend to business related to the projected Truman Library.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at lunch during inauguration festivities. Standing: Margaret Truman, Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt. Seated, left to right: Unidentified man, President Truman, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Vice President Barkley, and unidentified man. From album "Truman's Inauguration Highlights".