Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

From left to right, Harold T. Johnson, Mayor of Roseville, California, President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman on the rear platform of a train leaving for San Francisco after making a Whistlestop at Sacramento, California. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

First Lady Bess Truman (center), standing next to President Harry S. Truman (left), waves to the crowd from the rear platform of a train during a 1948 campaign Whistlestop in Broken Bow, Nebraska. On her left is a local resident, Jim Kelly. From: Mrs. Ed Pelanowski.

Former President Harry S. Truman and wife Bess pose for a photo with four members of Theta Sigma Phi on the occasion of a Matrix Dinner held at the Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri. Left to right are: Mr. Truman, Mrs. W.L.C. Palmer, Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark (former U.S. Treasurer), Mrs. Gordon McKenzie, Mrs. Willie Snow Ethridge (speaker from Louisville, Kentucky), and Bess Truman. From: Mrs. W.L.C. Palmer

Former President Harry S. Truman (center), Bess Truman (on his right, in white hat), and Margaret Truman (behind waiter on Bess's right), have lunch aboard the S.S. President Cleveland upon arrival at San Francisco, California, after a month's vacation in Hawaii. The other people are unidentified. From: Bayard C. Rucker.

Upon arrival in San Francisco, California, after a month's vacation in Hawaii, former President Harry S. Truman, escorted by Captain Hobart J. Ehman (right), walks down the deck of the liner S.S. President Cleveland in preparation for departure from the ship. Behind Mr. Truman, on his right, Bess and Margaret Truman descend a flight of stairs to join him. (See 2002-463 through 469.) (Original negative included.) From: Bayard C. Rucker.

Bess Truman poses for a photo aboard the S.S. President Cleveland upon arrival at San Francisco, California, after a month's trip to Hawaii with her husband and daughter. (See 2002-463 through 469.) (Original negative included.) From: Bayard C. Rucker.

Standing at the rail on board the S.S. President Cleveland, Mrs. Bess Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, and daughter Margaret, pose for news photographers as they return to San Francisco, California, from a month's vacation in Hawaii. On Margaret's right is Captain Hobart J. Ehman, skipper of the liner. (Similar to 2002-463, 464, and 465.) (Original negative included.) From: Bayard C. Rucker.

Upon arriving at San Francisco, California, on the S.S. President Cleveland, (seated, left to right) Bess Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, and Margaret Truman sit on chairs on the aft deck while Mr. Truman is being interviewed by the news media. The Trumans have just returned from a month's vacation in Hawaii. (See 2002-463 through 469.) (Original negative included.) From: Bayard C. Rucker.

Former President Harry S. Truman talks with an unidentified person, as he sits on the VIP platform during groundbreaking ceremonies for the Truman Library in Independence Missouri. From left to right: former President Truman, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mary Jane Truman. Others in the photo also are unidentified. (See albums 67-6696 through 67-6713.) From: Dale Miller.

Former President Harry S. Truman, his wife Bess and daughter Margaret turn around to speak to others seated on a platform during groundbreaking ceremonies for the Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. Seated on the left is Truman's sister, Mary Jane. The two boys on Truman's right are Dan (seven) and Steve (twelve) Sturdevant. From: Dan C.D. Sturdevant.