Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

Left to right: Bess Wallace, Natalie Wallace, and three unidentified women at a resort called Pertle Springs, Missouri. From: Truman house, from an album entitled "Postal Souvenirs."

Bess Wallace and others are eating watermelon in the backyard of 219 N. Delaware. Left to right: Fred Wallace (little boy); Ethel Noland; Nellie Noland (cousins of Harry S. Truman); Frank Wallace; Bess Wallace; George Wallace; and Will Boger.

Portrait of a young Bess Wallace (Elizabeth Virginia Wallace), in pigtails. This was taken around the time of the future First Lady's 13th birthday.

Seated on the front porch of the Gates home at 219 North Delaware, Independence, Missouri are, left to right: Fred Wallace, Bess Wallace, Frank Wallace, and George Wallace. From: Truman Home.

Bess Wallace with a group of her relatives from Platte City, Missouri. From left to right: George Wallace, Gates Wells, unidentified, W.S. Wells, Louise Wells, William Strother Wells, Helen Wallace, John Wallace, Bess Wallace. From: Truman home, an album entitled "Postal Souvenirs."

Members of the Gates and Wallace families gather for the funeral of George Porterfield Gates. From left to right: Oscar Wells, George Wallace, Helen Wallace, John Wallace, Bob Wells, Louise Wells, Frank Wallace, Bess Wallace, Gates Wells, Maud Gates Wells, Fred Wallace, Frank Gates.

Portrait of Bess Wallace Truman as a baby. From: Natalie (Mrs. Frank) Wallace.

Seated at the table left to right are Mr. Samuel Rosenman, Mrs. Bess Truman, Former President Harry S. Truman, and Mrs. Samuel Rosenman aboard the SS Constitution during the Truman's trip to Europe. The man standing is unidentified.

Former First Lady Bess Truman sits with Chief Justice Earl Warren and former President Herbert Hoover at the head luncheon table at the Laurel Club. Photo is from a group of snapshots of the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library and surrounding events.

Snapshot of former first ladies, Bess Truman (foreground) and Eleanor Roosevelt, both with backs to camera attending the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library. Photo has written on the back, "Two lovely ladies." Photo is from a group of snapshots of the dedication of the Truman Library and surrounding events.