Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

From left to right, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (in background), former President Harry S. Truman, and Truman Library director Dr. Philip C. Brooks touring the Harry S. Truman Library.

From left to right: former First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in Mr. Truman's office at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

From left to right: former First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, former President Harry S. Truman, and Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks at the Harry S. Truman Library.

From left to right: former President Harry S. Truman, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Miss Ethel Tiffy, former First Lady Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Mrs. Dorothy Brooks, and Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks in the Garden Room of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

From left to right: former President Harry S. Truman, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Ethel Tiffy, former First Lady Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Mrs. Dorothy Brooks, and Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks in the Garden Room of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and former President Harry S. Truman walking down a corridor at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. In the background, from left to right are Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks, former First Lady Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, and Mrs. Dorothy Brooks.

Original caption: "Members of the President's party assemble." President Harry S. Truman (fifth from right), First Lady Bess W. Truman (second from right), and Margaret Truman (right) attend a crossing the equator ceremony on the USS Missouri, on their return voyage from Brazil. Others are unidentified. From the album, President Truman's Trip to Rio de Janeiro.

Original caption: "Davy Jones has been sighted." President Harry S. Truman (near center, in printed shirt), First Lady Bess Truman (front row of large group, second from right), and Margaret Truman attend a crossing the equator ceremony on the USS Missouri as they return from a trip to Brazil. Others are unidentified. From the album, President Truman's Trip to Rio de Janeiro.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman at the reviewing stand for the Independence Day Parade in Rio de Janeiro. From the album, President Truman's Trip to Rio de Janeiro.

Harry S. Truman is received in Trinidad, on his way to a conference in Brazil. Major A. O. Balus, aide de Camp to Governor Shaw, passes down the receiving line. The receiving line, left to right: Governor Sir John Shaw, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess Truman, and their daughter, Margaret Truman. From the album, President Truman's trip to Rio de Janeiro.