Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

Portrait of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (right) and her daughter Margaret Truman (left) taken while Harry S. Truman was a Senator.

Portrait of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (right) and her daughter Margaret Truman (left) taken while Harry S. Truman was a Senator.

Portrait of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (right) with her daughter Margaret Truman (left). This photo was taken during the time when Harry S. Truman was a Senator.

Portrait of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (right) and her daughter Margaret Truman (right) taken when Harry S. Truman was a Senator.

Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace, and Charles Ross, among others, posing for high school graduating class photo, Independence, Missouri, 1901. Back row: Henry Chiles; Elmer Twyman; William Lloyd Garrett; Harry Truman; Will Long; Myrtle Cronkhite; Laura Ford; Mary Anderson; Gertrude Dixon; Laura Kingsbury. Third row: Crawford Compton; Leura Walters; Katie Krey; Gertrude Reyner. Second row: Tasker P. Taylor; Louretta Meador; Minnie Carpenter; Grace Crandall; Mary Taylor; James T. Brown; Mary Chinn; Itaska Atkinson; Bertha Roberts; Bess Wallace.

Bess Wallace Truman (right) and daughter Margaret (left) read together at home.

Harry S. Truman, and his wife, Bess Truman, receive telegrams congratulating him on his United States Senate election victory over Senator Roscoe C. Patterson. Same as 68-1659.

From Left to right, Margaret Truman, Estelle (Mrs. Roger T.) Sermon, Mrs. Bess Truman, Senator Harry S. Truman, and Roger T. Sermon stand outside of the Truman home.

Foreground, from left to right, Margaret Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Bess Truman arrive at the Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas for a homecoming at Christmas.

From left to right, J. Vivian Truman speaks to his brother, President Harry S. Truman. Mrs. Harry S. Truman is in the background behind J. Vivian.