Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, President Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela, Mrs. Gallegos, and First Lady Bess W. Truman standing on the rear platform of the presidential train, Bolivar, Missouri. A crowd is gathered behind the train. President Truman dedicated a statue to Simon Bolivar during his visit.

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and members of the President's party assemble for a photo taken on the lawn outside the presidential compound at Key West, Florida. The photo is autographed by all parties. Left to right, sitting, are: John R. Steelman, Bess Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, and William D. Hassett. Standing, left to right, are: Stephen J. Spingarn, General Robert B. Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Charles G. Ross, General Harry Vaughan , General Wallace H. Graham, and David K. Niles.

Black, oval shaped matte containing small portraits of individuals pasted around in a circle. The small portraits show the young people wearing various hats. Left to right, clockwise around matte, beginning at top left: Unidentified girl, Frank Wallace, Helen Bryant, Unidentified boy, Bess Wallace, Frank Wallace, unidentified girl, Bess Wallace, Helen Bryant, unidentified girl, unidentified boy, Helen Bryant, and Frank Wallace.

Bess Wallace as a young woman, seated on the grass in her long, fancy dress. She is frowning slightly. From: Truman house.

Bess Truman (third from left) pours "Oakite" into the hands of an unidentified woman as they clean a door in a what seems to be a church in preparation for a USO fund drive. The two other woman and the soldier in the background are also unidentified. From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman, sitting on a chair, looks up from a book she to smile for the camera. (See 2009-1571 for photo taken the same day with Wallace relatives.) From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman relaxes on a sofa and converses with Mrs. Fred Wallace (Christine). Next to them are Marion and David Wallace, Bess's niece and nephew, reading the comics page in the newspaper. From: Truman Home.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Bess Truman (See also 59-794, which is autographed August, 1957, and 67-937). From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman (third from right), Mrs. Clarence N. Goodwin (right), and unidentified others pose for a photo during a reception held at the Pan American Union, Washington, D.C., in honor of Mrs. Truman, hosted by the White House Spanish-Portuguese Study Group, a Spanish class for high-ranking Government officials' wives, of which she was once a member. Mrs. Goodwin is the founder of the study group. From: Truman Home - Album "Presented to Mrs. Harry S. Truman by the White House Spanish-Portuguese Study Group". This album also includes a transcript of a speech by Mrs.