First ladies

From left to right, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Mrs. Perle Mesta, President Harry S. Truman, Miss Margaret Truman and two unidentified men at the Inaugural Ball.

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Stuart Symington at the Harry S. Truman Library Dedication.

Former President Harry S. Truman at the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library with former President Herbert Hoover, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Franklin G. Floete, Eleanor Roosevelt, Basil O'Connor, and Ellis Mayerberg.

President Harry S. Truman and others arriving in Washington, D. C. Back, from left: President Truman, J. Howard McGrath, Alben Barkley. Front, from left: Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, and Marian Barkley Truitt. Inscribed: "Good luck Mr. President! Yours very sincerely Steve Zweig, Washington, D. C., November 5, 1948" Same as 58-463-1.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (at right) with Mrs. Charles (Eda)Brannan and Frank McKinney.

President Harry S. Truman throwing the first pitch at an opening baseball game. Front row, from left to right: Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Truman, General Robert Landry, Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack, Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith (behind Mack, partly obscured), and Vice President Alben W. Barkley.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman and daughter Margaret, leaving Union Station, Washington, D.C., after Margaret's return from Detroit, where she made her formal debut as a singer in a nationwide radio broadcast.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman and daughter Margaret leaving Union Station, Washington, D.C, after Margaret's return from Detroit where she made her formal debut as a singer in a nationwide radio broadcast.

Family Portrait of the Harry S. Truman Family, taken in the White House. Left to Right: First Lady Bess Wallace Truman; President Harry S. Truman; and Margaret Truman. Original is oversized.

An informal portrait of the Truman family. Left to Right: Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, and Margaret Truman. This was taken at the time of Margaret's graduation from high school at Gunston Hall. See also 58-122.