Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

From left to right: First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Margaret Truman on the steps of the White House on President Truman's birthday. From: Truman Home.

Senator Harry S. Truman (left) and his wife, Bess Wallace Truman (right) making breakfast.

From left to right: former First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, and Margaret Truman attending a dinner and reception given by Mr. Truman for his associates from his days as President.

Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Wallace Truman stand on the front porch of their home at 219 N. Delaware Ave in Independence, Missouri. [This photograph from Bradley Smith, Inc., was copied by permission of the National Park Service, Harry S. Truman Historic Site.]

Photograph of former First Lady Bess Truman chatting with three unidentified women at a dinner given in honor of Alonzo Gentry. Mr. Gentry is with the firm Gentry & Volskamp, which constructed the Truman Library. From: Lon Gentry Dinner.

3-7/8" x 2-3/4" sepia photo montage (familigraph) of (left to right) Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, and Bess Truman, by Si Glass of Miami Beach, Florida. See also 72-2798 through 2805. Portraits of these photos have been rearranged to make this photo montage. From: Museum Collection #93.12 (items found inside locked credenza in Harry S. Truman's working office at Truman Library).

2" x2-1/4" black-and-white "tele-snap" of Prince Philip of England, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman sitting in the back of an automobile at Washington National Airport where he and Princess Elizabeth have just arrived for visit to the United States. The pictures were photographed directly from a television screen and were taken during the showing of the B.B.C. Television News Reel of the exact scenes which appeared on the TV screens of millions of British viewers. From: John Cura.

2" x 2-1/2" black-and-white "tele-snap;" of Prince Philip of England, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman sitting in the back of an automobile at Washington National Airport where he and Princess Elizabeth have just arrived for a visit to the United States. The pictures were photographed directly from a television screen and were taken during the showing of the B.B.C. Television News Reel of the exact scenes which appeared on the TV screens of millions of British viewers. From: John Cura.

Former President Harry S. Truman and wife Bess are photographed on a busy street in Monte Carlo, a stop-off point during their Mediterranean Spring Cruise aboard the RMS Caronia. Mrs. Truman is holding a bouquet of roses presented to her by an unknown dignitary (on her left). From: H. B. Deal.

Snapshot of Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman taken as they stand on the deck of the Queen of Bermuda during their trip to Bermuda. (See also 96-162-1 through 10.) From: Gladys P. Cullom.