Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

From left to right, Margaret Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Bess Wallace Truman at Union Station in Washington, D.C. after their vacation in Independence, Missouri.

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman and others speaking on behalf of the Infantile Paralysis Fund. (L-R) Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, and Cornelia Otis Skinner.

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman boarding an airplane from Washington D.C. en route to Missouri. This photo was given to White House staff as Christmas present. See photo 70-5718 for an autographed version of this photo.

President Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office after President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in the Cabinet Room, Executive Offices, at the White House. Left to right: Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury (behind Biddle); Edward Stettinius, Secretary of State; Harry S. Truman; Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman; Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior; Margaret Truman; Harlan Stone, Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court; Sam Rayburn, Speaker, House of Representatives.

Bess Wallace Truman and Margaret Truman in a car while with President Truman in Seattle, Washington on his Western Trip. (L-R) Bess Wallace Truman; Mrs. Mabel Wallgren, wife of Washington Governor Mon C. Wallgren; Margaret Truman.

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, and Margaret Truman outdoors in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Bess Truman, President Truman, and Margaret. In the lower right corner are the backs of the heads of other photographers.

From left to right, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Margaret Truman outside on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. President Truman is on vacation after winning the 1948 presidential election.

Informal portraits taken of First Lady Bess Wallace Truman and daughter Margaret Truman at the Blair House in 1948.

Informal portraits of First Lady Bess Wallace Truman and daughter Margaret Truman at the Blair House in 1948.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (seated) and others giving Christmas presents to children at the children's emergency home of the Central Union Mission, Washington, D.C.