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Bess Wallace and Harry S. Truman on a Fishing Trip

84-80 (untitled)
Accession Number
84-80
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
Boats and boating
Fishing
Rivers
HST Keywords
Truman - Childhood - Youth; Truman - Family - Wife - 1913; Truman - Sports - Fishing - 1913; Truman, Bess - Childhood - Youth; Truman, Bess - Family - HST - 1913; Truman, Bess - Sports - Fishing; Truman - Relatives - Wallace Family - Wallace, Mrs. Frank (Natalie); Southern, Mrs. Emma P.; Little Blue River
People Pictured
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Wallace, Natalie Ott, 1891-1960
Southern, Emma Procter, 1868-1961
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Description
Photo taken of Bess Wallace Truman and Harry S. Truman during their courting days. They are seated among friends in a rowboat on the Little Blue River. L to R: Mrs. Emma P. Southern, mother of May Wallace, Bess Wallace (holding a fishing pole), Harry S. Truman, an unidentified man, and a young woman, probably Natalie Wallace. Others in the boat are unidentified. A letter to Bess from Harry, dated August 5, 1913, mentions preparing to go with her on a fishing trip on the Little Blue River. Copied from a photo album lent to the Truman Library by May Wallace.
Date(s)
ca.
August 1913