Vacations

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and former First Lady Bess Truman (center) walk across the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, toward the Gritti Palace Hotel during a European vacation. Others walking with the Trumans are unidentified. [Donor: Clifford Beegle]

Portrait of former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman aboard the S.S. President Cleveland on their trip to Hawaii. This is a nice full length pose of both of them. From: George Killion.

Former President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman relax in a gondola lent to them by the Mayor Venice, Italy May 31st on the last day of their Italian vacation. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Wallace Truman saying good-bye to Clifton and Margaret Truman Daniel who are leaving on the S. S. United States for a vacation in Europe. L to R: Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman Daniel (holding William Wallace), Clifton Daniel (holding Clifton Truman), and Bess Wallace Truman. This photograph was made from original slide SL2370.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman meets her daughter Margaret Truman on Margaret's return from her European vacation.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman and Margaret on board the SS America.

Former President Harry S. Truman, currently touring Europe, does the honors with a candle-bedecked cake as the Truman's celebrate their 39th wedding anniversary in Monte Carlo today. From: Houston Post.

Former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess Truman are shown viewing the monuments and statues in the famed Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa, Italy, last week. The Truman's arrived in Genoa from Naples aboard the liner Independence and later continued on to Cannes, France where they will spend their vacation. From: Houston Post.

New York, New York. Former President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Truman give out healthy smiles as they arrive on liner Constitution from a European vacation today. Questioned about the Sherman Adams case, Truman said it was up to President Eisenhower to decide. The couple will visit with their daughter and her family here for a few days before returning home to Independence, Missouri. From: Houston Post.