Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

View of the audience, taken from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. They await the opening of Wagner's Lohengrin, ushering in the 1945-46 season, its 61st. Slightly off-center in a box draped with the American flag are Bess and Margaret Truman. The others are unidentified. (Original in oversize file). From: Truman Home.

Portrait of Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Wallace as a young woman, wearing a large brimmed hat with two large hatpins.

Snapshot of (from left to right) Margaret Truman, Senator Harry S. Truman, and Bess W. Truman on a ferry boat. Woman on the extreme left is unidentified. Written in Margaret's handwriting on the back of the photo: "When Dad was still on the Hill - about '38 or '39." Similar to 83-90-13 and 83-90-14.

Harry and Bess Truman in the yard of their home at 219 North Delaware Street with Margaret Truman (back to camera) at about age 4.

The Truman family in a car. Written on the back of the photo is "Leaving for Washington," presumably from Independence. Margaret Truman is climbing into the backseat. Bess Truman is on the passenger side, front seat, and Senator Harry S. Truman can barely be seen in the driver's seat. They appear to be at the back of the Truman home. From: Truman home.

Group shot taken at the 10th Presidential trip to Key West. [L to R] first row: Harold Enarson, John R. Steelman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, William Hassett, Irving Perlmeter. Second row, left to right: Eben Ayers, David H. Stowe, Major General Wallace Graham, Major General Harry Vaughan, Joseph Short, Rear Admiral Robert Dennison, Brigadier General Robert Landry, Philleo Nash, and Charles W. Jackson. See also 67-3204, 67-3205, and 74-796

President Richard Nixon sits down to play the piano for former President Harry S. Truman during the Nixon's visit to the Truman Library. From left to right: First Lady Pat Nixon, former President Truman, former First Lady Bess W. Truman, and President Nixon.

Left to right: Will Rugg, Nell Rugg, Frank Wallace, May Wallace, Julia Rugg, and Bess Wallace. Harry S. Truman is seated on the ground in front of the group. The group of young friends are at the waterworks near Sugar Creek, Missouri. From: An album entitled "Postal Souvenirs" from the Truman house.

President Richard M. Nixon visits the Harry S. Truman Library. Foreground, from left to right: First Lady Pat Nixon, President Nixon, former President Harry S. Truman, former First Lady Bess W. Truman. In the background, standing in the doorway, is Mrs. Dorothy Brooks, wife of the Library Director, Dr. Philip C. Brooks.

Former President Harry S. Truman (front row, second from left), former First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (front row, fifth from left), Margaret Truman (second row, fifth from left), and others at the Marine Corps Air Station in Kane'ohe Bay, Hawaii.