First ladies

President Harry S. Truman delivers a campaign speech at Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Seated in background L to R: Bess Wallace Truman, Ronald Reagan, Humphrey Bogart (partially obscured), unidentified, Lauren Bacall, George Jessel (with cigar).

President Harry S. Truman throwing out the first pitch to start the season of the Washington Senators. L to R: Vice President Alben Barkley, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Truman, manager of the Washington Senators Bucky Harris, Senators owner Clark Griffith, New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel. Standing in the next row are Major General Harry Vaughan (extreme left); Averell Harriman (behind President Truman); and Matthew Connelly (behind Bucky Harris).

Members of the Truman and Wallace families seated for dinner at the White House, Christmas, 1952. From left to right, around the table: Mrs. Fred (Christine) Wallace, Fred Wallace, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Mrs. George (May) Wallace, George Wallace, Mrs. Frank (Natalie) Wallace, Frank Wallace, Mary Jane Truman, President Harry S. Truman, David Wallace, Marian Wallace, Margo Wallace. The servant standing in the background is unidentified. Donor: Mrs. George (Natalie) Wallace

Debarking from U.S.S. Missouri is Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (front). Behind Mrs. Truman is Commander Harold D. Fuller, and behind him is Margaret Truman. They are all coming home from a trip to Rio De Janeiro with President Harry S. Truman.

The Snyder family and Truman family standing on the White House grounds as President Harry S. Truman presents a Medal for Merit to Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. From left to right: Miss Drucie Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury Snyder, President Truman, Mrs. Evlyn Snyder, and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (second from the right) receives a native Philippine dress from Mrs. Helen Bennett-Pollicer (second from the left). Also present are Miss Vicky Quirino (left), and Angela Valdez Ramos (right).

From left to right, Margaret Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman on the rear of a train at Union Station in Washington D.C. They are leaving for a three-day visit to Ottawa, Canada, where President Truman will address the Canadian lawmakers.

Members of the Truman and Daniel families gather outside the Truman home in Independence, Missouri. From left to right, Bess Truman, Harry S. Truman, E.C. Daniel, and Elvah Daniel. Clifton Daniel and Margaret Truman appear in the background on the porch.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare Bill at the Harry S. Truman Library. Left to Right: unidentified man, Senator Stuart Symington, Governor Warren Hearnes of Missouri, Senator Mike Mansfield, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, former President Harry S. Truman, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Bess Truman.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare Bill at the Harry S. Truman Library. Left to right: Senator Clinton Anderson, unidentified man, Senator Stuart Symington, Governor Warren Hearnes of Missouri, Senator Mike Mansfield, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, former President Harry S. Truman, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Bess Truman and Representative Wilbur Mills.