Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

Former President and Mrs. Truman on board a train

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Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman posing in the aisle of a train for David Jay McClendon, who was returning on the same train from Jefferson City to Kansas City, Missouri, with the 7th grade class of D.M. Pinkerton school. From: David J. McClendon.

President Truman and others welcome Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip

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Princess Elizabeth of England and her Prince Consort, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrive at MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport. From left to right are: U.S. State Department Protocol Chief John F. Simmons, President Harry S. Truman, Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, and Margaret Truman. (See 86-141.) From: Arthur Marasco, 667 East Street, Lenox, MA 01240

President and Mrs. Truman welcome Netherlands Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard

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A royal welcome for Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, and her consort, Prince Bernhard, in front of the Old District Building by President and Mrs. Truman and citizens of Washington, D.C. Pictured beneath the canopy, front row (left to right), are Queen Juliana, President Harry S. Truman, an unidentified District Commissioner, Prince Bernhard, and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman. See album - 66-8049 through 8115. From: Arthur Marasco.

President Truman and Mrs. Truman at Blair House

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4-3/8" x 3" Kodachrome print of President Truman and Mrs. Truman standing in a room of what probably is the Blair House. From: Museum Collection #93.12 (items found inside locked credenza in Harry S. Truman's working office at Truman Library).

Color snapshot of Bess Truman sitting at the dinner table

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4-3/8" x 3" Kodachrome print of Bess Truman sitting at the dinner table in the dining room of what probably is the Blair House. From: Museum Collection #93.12 (items found inside locked credenza in Harry S. Truman's working office at Truman Library).

Senior Class Photo, Independence High School, 1901

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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.

President Truman and Romulo Gallegos on the Rear of the Presidential Train

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From left to right, President of Venezuela Romulo Gallegos, First Lady Bess Truman, unidentified woman, and President Harry S. Truman, wave from the back of the Presidential Train. They are in Bolivar, Missouri, for the dedication of the statue of Simon Bolivar.

President Truman aboard U.S.S. Missouri on Navy Day

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President Harry S. Truman (third from the left) looks out over the New York Harbor from the destroyer Renshaw on Navy Day. In the background is the U.S.S. Missouri giving off a salute to the President. Also pictured is First Lady Bess Truman (to the right of her husband). Other people in the photograph are unidentified.

President Truman Announces Japanese Surrender to Press

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President Harry S. Truman gives a press conference in the Oval Office at the White House announcing the Japanese surrender. Seated on the couch, second from the left, is First Lady Bess Truman. President Harry S. Truman is found standing behind his desk. Also in the photo are John W.

President and Mrs. Truman in front of White House

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President and Mrs. Truman being photographed in front of the main entrance before reoccupying the reconstructed White House. Left to Right: Charles K. Claunch, Usher; President Harry S. Truman; Howell G. Crim, Chief Usher; First Lady Bess Truman; Alonzo Fields, Maitre de Hotel; J.B. West, Usher; William Kelly, Project Manager, Public Buildings; and Jess Larson, General Services Administration.

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Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982