Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

First Lady Bess Truman cutting the cake at the Roosevelt Birthday Ball as various Hollywood celebrities look on. From left to right; three unidentified, Charles Coburn; Gene Kelly (kneeling); Margaret O'Brien (sitting on Gene Kelly's knee); unidentified; Mrs. Truman; Margaret Truman; unidentified; unidentified; Paul Henreid.

First Lady Bess Truman (second from the left of cake) and Margaret Truman (left of cake) cutting the cake at the Roosevelt Birthday Ball. Also present are Margaret O'Brien (in front of cake), Charles Coburn (front row, second from left), Gene Kelly (kneeling, left), Paul Henreid (third from right), Cesar Romero (kneeling, right), Alexis Smith (second from right), and other Hollywood celebrities.

President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman greet representatives of a foreign nation at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for delegates to the United Nations General Assembly which is convening for the first time in the United States. Left to right in the receiving line: James H. Foskett, Naval Aide to the President; Bess Truman, Harry S. Truman, Gen. Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. The others are unidentified. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman greet representatives of a foreign nation at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for delegates to the United Nations General Assembly which is convening for the first time in the United States. Left to right in the receiving line: James H. Foskett, Naval Aide to the President; Mrs. Bess Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Major General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. The others are unidentified. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman greet representatives of a foreign nation at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for delegates to the United Nations General Assembly which is convening for the first time in the United States. Left to right in the reception line: James H. Foskett, Naval Aide to the President, Mrs. Bess Truman, President Harry S. Truman's, and Major General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. The others are unidentified. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman greet unidentified representatives of a foreign nation at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for delegates to the United Nations General Assembly which is convening for the first time in the United States. Left to right in the receiving line are: James H. Foskett, Naval Aide to the President; Bess Truman; President Harry S. Truman; General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. The others are unidentified. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman greet representatives of a foreign nation at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for delegates to the United Nations General Assembly which is convening for the first time in the United States. Left to right in the receiving line: James H. Foskett, Naval Aide to the President; Bess Truman; Harry S. Truman; General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. The others are unidentified. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman greet unidentified representatives of a foreign nation at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for delegates to the United Nations General Assembly which is convening for the first time in the United States. Left to right in the receiving line: James H. Foskett, Naval Aide to the President; Bess Truman; Harry S. Truman; General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. The others are unidentified. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman greet Vyacheslav M. Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister and chairman of the U.S.S.R. delegation, at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for delegates to the United Nations General Assembly which is convening for the first time in the United States. Left to right in the receiving line: James H. Foskett, (barely seen) Naval Aide to the President; Bess Truman; Harry S. Truman; General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. The others are unidentified. (Larger version of 66-2570) From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Mrs. Bess Truman greet the crowd outside the White House on the occasion of the Japanese surrender ending World War II.