First ladies

President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, and Margaret Truman with Sir John Shaw, Governor of the Crown Colony of Trinidad. President Truman is shaking hands with an unidentified military man. The family stopped in Trinidad on their way to an official visit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From left to right: Sir John Shaw, President Truman, Mrs. Truman, and Margaret Truman. Original is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, and Margaret Truman with Sir John Shaw, Governor of the Crown Colony of Trinidad and Lady Shaw. President Truman stopped in Trinidad on his way to an official visit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From left to right: President Truman, Mrs. Truman, Margaret Truman (background), Sir John Shaw, and Lady Shaw. Original is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with Queen Juliana of the Netherlands upon her arrival in the United States. Standing next to President Truman is Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman. Standing behind Queen Juliana is her husband, Prince Bernhard. Original is oversized.

From left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, Bess Wallace Truman, and Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana at the White House during the Queen and Prince's visit to Washington, D. C. Original is oversized.

Distant photograph of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, President Harry S. Truman, Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana, and Bess Wallace Truman upon the Queen's arrival in Washington, D. C. Above the platform on which they are standing are two large paintings of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. Original is oversized.

From left to right: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, President Harry S. Truman, unidentified gentleman, Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana, and Bess Wallace Truman upon the Queen's arrival in Washington, D. C. Original is oversized.

From left to right, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana, and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands upon the Queen and Prince's arrival in Washington, D. C. Original is oversized.

Truman and Barkley families in the motorcade upon their return to Washington, D. C. after winning the 1948 Presidential election. Front row, left to right: Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, Marian Barkley Truitt (daughter of Alben Barkley). Back row, left to right: President Harry S. Truman, J. Howard McGrath, and Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley.

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, and Margaret Truman stand together at an event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Portrait of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman.