Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

In one of a series of photographs depicting a typical day in the life of Senator Harry S. Truman, Senator Truman and his wife, Bess, work on correspondence in his apartment at 4701 Connecticut in Washington, D. C. From: New York Herald Tribune.

President Harry S. Truman (right), the First Lady Bess W. Truman (middle), and their daughter Margaret (left), at the airport in Washington, D.C., prior to their departure on a trip to the Midwest. All others are identified.

President Harry S. Truman (right), First Lady Bess W. Truman (middle), and their daughter Margaret Truman (left) stand together at the airport in Washington, D.C., preparing to depart on a trip to view flood conditions in the Midwest. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left), First Lady Bess W. Truman (middle), and Margaret Truman (right) prepare to board a plane headed for Missouri to view the flood conditions in the Midwest.

President Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman stand on the rear platform of a train making a whistlestop at an unidentified city in Idaho during his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 66-670). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Bess Truman (right) sits in the study, before a desk piled high with books and magazines, and her nephew, David Wallace, sits at right during a visit to the Truman home in Independence, Missouri. From: Truman Home.

Left to right: Mrs. Fred (Christine) Wallace, Bess Truman, Bess' niece Marian Wallace, and her nephew, David Wallace, seated on a sofa. (See also 2009-1571.) From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman, currently touring Europe with her husband, and an unidentified man watch Harry (not shown) do the honors with a candle-bedecked cake as they celebrate their 39th wedding anniversary at a dinner in Monte Carlo, Monaco. (See also 93-259.) From: Truman Home

President Harry S. Truman doffs his hat to the welcoming crowd as he and Mrs. Bess Truman leave their train at Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri, three-quarters of the way through his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 66-768) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Bess Truman attends a Salvation Army Auxiliary Benefit Garden Party at the Peruvian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Left to right are: Mrs. Bontree, Bess Truman, Mrs. Buckemeyer, and Mrs. Dougherty. From: Truman Home.