Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (at right) with Mrs. Charles (Eda)Brannan and Frank McKinney.

President Harry S. Truman throwing the first pitch at an opening baseball game. Front row, from left to right: Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Truman, General Robert Landry, Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack, Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith (behind Mack, partly obscured), and Vice President Alben W. Barkley.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman and daughter Margaret, leaving Union Station, Washington, D.C., after Margaret's return from Detroit, where she made her formal debut as a singer in a nationwide radio broadcast.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman and daughter Margaret leaving Union Station, Washington, D.C, after Margaret's return from Detroit where she made her formal debut as a singer in a nationwide radio broadcast.

Family Portrait of the Harry S. Truman Family, taken in the White House. Left to Right: First Lady Bess Wallace Truman; President Harry S. Truman; and Margaret Truman. Original is oversized.

An informal portrait of the Truman family. Left to Right: Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, and Margaret Truman. This was taken at the time of Margaret's graduation from high school at Gunston Hall. See also 58-122.

Bess Wallace Truman and Margaret Truman. Margaret returning from Europe. See also 74-686.

Family portrait of Senator Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, and Bess Wallace Truman. Miss Truman is in graduation dress, after graduation from Gunston Hall.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman and Margaret Truman pose for a picture in the yard at Blair House.

Group seated for a birthday luncheon for President Harry S. Truman. L to R: Charles Ross; unidentified woman; James Webb; Bess Truman; Charles Murphy; unidentified woman; Harry Vaughan.