First ladies

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.

From left to right, Margaret Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman on an official state visit to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This photo was probably taken when they arrived at the United States Embassy, where they stayed for a time while in Brazil. Original is oversized.

From left to right, Margaret Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman on an official state visit to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This photo was probably taken when they arrived at the United States Embassy, where they stayed for a time while in Brazil. Original is oversized.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman boarding a launch upon her arrival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with her husband, President Harry S. Truman, for an official state visit. Original is oversized.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman and Margaret Truman and others at Waller Air Field, Trinidad, while stopped there on the way to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for President Harry S. Truman's official state visit. Mrs. Truman is in the center, looking down into her purse. Margaret is second from the right, standing between two men. Original photograph is oversized.