First ladies

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, left, speaks with a guest at the Old Plantation restaurant at the luncheon of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Mrs. Truman (left) on the rear platform of the presidential railroad car, the "Ferdinand Magellan" on the occasion of their trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to attend the Army-Navy Football game.

Young Bess Wallace (left) and her friend, Mary Paxton. Bess Wallace is wearing a hat with a large ruffle and feather on the top. Donor: Mary Paxton Keeley.

A recent portrait of Bess Truman, wife of the new U. S. President, distributed by the Office of War Information. See also 68-1323 for same photo.

Group photograph in front of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. Front row: Margaret Truman. Second row: L to R: Charles Ross; Mrs. Bess Truman; President Harry S. Truman; John Steelman; William Hassett. Third row, L to R: Col. Cornelius J. Mara; Harry Vaughan; Matthew Connelly; Stanley Woodward; Robert Dennison.

Bess Wallace Truman (near center, in white hat), listens to what the "Royal Prosecutor" has to say during ceremonies initiating passengers and crew aboard the U.S.S. Missouri who had never before crossed the Equator. From the album, "President Truman's visit to Rio de Janeiro".

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.