Harry and Bess Truman Wedding Photo
Wedding photo of Harry S. and Bess Wallace Truman. They are in the backyard of the home of Bess' family at 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri.
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman and friends on a ride in his car
Harry S. Truman's 1911 Stafford car. From left to right: Natalie Ott Wallace, Emma P. (Mrs. William) Southern, Frank Gates Wallace, Bess Wallace, and Harry S. Truman. This photograph was taken during a picnic near the Little Blue River around 1915. Identification by Miss Ethel Noland. Photo was probably taken by George Wallace. From the Estate of Mary Jane Truman.
Harry, Bess, and Margaret Truman in Convertible
President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman riding in an open car during their vacation in Key West, Florida.
Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office
Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office at the White House after the death of President Roosevelt. From left to right: Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor; Henry Stimson, Secretary of War; Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce; Julius Krug, War Production Board Administrator; James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; Claude Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture; Francis McNamee, Department Chairman, War Manpower Commission; Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury; Harry S.
President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman Attend Army-Navy Football Game
The cadets of West Point Military Academy met the Midshipmen of Annapolis Naval Academy at the Philadelphia Municipal Stadium for their annual football classic. President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman wave to the crowd from their box shortly after they arrived to watch the game which was won by Army, 38-0.
Truman Family at the Launching of the USS Missouri
The Truman Family attends christening and launching ceremonies of the battleship USS Missouri at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. From left to right, Senator Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman (with a bouquet of flowers), Bess Truman, and Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy.
First Lady – Mrs. Truman Visits Children’s Hospital
Warner Pathe Newsreel showing Bess Truman visiting Washington DC's Children’s Hospital for the first time since becoming First Lady in 1945. She visits children being treated for infantile paralysis (polio) and is shown the latest treatment methods. It concludes with the narrator saying that many of these children will walk again because of contributions to the March of Dimes.
Members of President Harry S. Truman's Family at Shangri-La
Shown seated outdoors at presidential retreat Shangri-La (now Camp David) are the family of the President and Mrs. Truman. Left to right: Martha Ellen Truman (the President's mother), Bess Truman, May Wallace (standing), Natalie Wallace, Mary Jane Truman (President's sister), and George Wallace (Bess's brother). Margaret has written on the reverse "Mrs. Truman, Mother & relatives at Shangri La".
Former President Harry S. Truman with First Lady Lady Bird Johnson
First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, together with her daughter Lynda, pose for a photograph with Former First Lady Bess Wallace Truman and Former President Harry S. Truman while visiting the Harry S. Truman Library. From left to right: Bess Wallace Truman, First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, Lynda Bird Johnson, and former President Harry S. Truman.
Former President Harry S. Truman with First Lady Lady Bird Johnson
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson talk with Bess Truman and former President Harry S. Truman while visiting Harry S. Truman Library. From left to right: Harry S. Truman, Lynda Bird Johnson, First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, Bess Truman.