Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

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.

Platform appearances throughout Wisconsin were made by President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Truman, and their daughter Margaret. Here the nation's first family is seen greeting crowds at Elroy, Wisconsin.

Return of President Harry S. Truman (back of car, left) and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley (back of car, right) to Washington, D. C. after the Presidential election. Between them is Senator J. Howard McGrath. Bess Truman, Margaret Truman and Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt, Senator Barkley's daughter, are seated in front of them. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and President Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela arrive via train at Bolivar, Missouri for the dedication of a statue of Simon Bolivar. From let to right: President Gallegos, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, Mrs. Gallegos, and President Truman.

The Trumans, from left to right, Margaret Truman, Judge Harry S. Truman, and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman. They are in the backyard of their home at 219 N. Delaware in Independence, Missouri.

Portrait of Bess Wallace Truman as a young woman which Harry S. Truman carried with him to France during World War I. Original photograph is on the desk in President Truman's working office at the Truman Library.

President Harry S. Truman throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. To the right of the President are: Bucky Harris, New York Yankees; President Clark Griffith of the Washington Senators; and Casey Stengel, manager of the New York Yankees. Vice President Alben Barkley and Bess Wallace Truman are to the left of President Truman. Behind Vice President Barkley is General Harry Vaughan. Behind President Truman is Averell Harriman. Standing behind Bucky Harris is President Truman's secretary, Matthew Connelly.

Senator Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman, shown in their Independence home, reading over scores of congratulatory telegrams received when late election returns indicated his victory over Democratic rivals, Governor Lloyd Stark and Maurice Williams, in the Missouri Primary Senatorial race. From the New York Herald Tribune.

Bess Wallace in the back yard of her family's home, 219 North Delaware St., Independence, Missouri. From a series of photos taken near and around the home of Joseph Tilford Noland, 216 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri.

Left to right: May (Mrs. George) Wallace, Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace, Natalie (Mrs. Frank) Wallace, and Mr. Frank Wallace posing for a photograph during a picnic. Donated by Mrs. George Wallace, 1975.