Hats

An unidentified group of men poses with a Stetson hat box during President Harry S. Truman's visit to Lincoln, Nebraska.

An unidentified group of men exchanges a Stetson hat box during President Harry S. Truman's visit to Lincoln, Nebraska.

John R. Steelman (left) and John Strait (right) pose for a photograph at the National Electrical Contractors Association Barbecue held in Houston, Texas. They are both wearing Western-style shirts and cowboy hats.

Photograph of an unidentified man doffing a top hat at a party on the occasion of Oscar K. LaRoque leaving the service of the Home Loan Bank Board and returning to the Federal Home Loan bank of Greensboro.

Attorney General J. Howard McGrath wearing a ten gallon hat.

Photo booth snapshot of Bess Wallace as a young woman, wearing a tricorn hat and glasses. From: Truman Home.

Almost full-length portrait of Bess Wallace, wearing a large picture hat and glasses. Photo is mounted on a card, with autograph on the card: "Most Sincerely, Bessie '08." From: Truman Home.

Photo booth snapshot of Bess Wallace as a young woman, wearing a tricorn hat. From: Truman Home.

Bess Wallace (left) posing with two unidentified ladies outside the home of her grandparents at 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri. The women are wearing long skirted suits and picture hats. From: Truman Home, from original negatives.

Snapshot of five young women posing in a yard, all wearing long gowns and picture hats. Bess Wallace is second from the right. All others are unidentified. From: Truman Home.