Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (third from right) at a concert with other unidentified people.

First Lady Bess Truman (at left), Margaret Truman (third from left), and Chief Justice Fred Vinson (at right) at a concert with others.

President Harry S. Truman tosses a baseball from the stands to open the baseball season. Two unidentified baseball players are also on hand. Front row, left to right: General Harry Vaughan, Margaret Truman, Evlyn (Mrs. John) Snyder, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, and President Truman. Second row, left to right: Admiral Robert Dennison, Charles Ross, William Hassett, and Matthew Connelly.

President Harry S. Truman attending the first baseball game of the season with his family and friends. Front row, left to right: General Harry Vaughan, Margaret Truman, Evlyn (Mrs. John) Snyder, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, and President Truman. Second row, left to right: General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Press Secretary Charles Ross, William Hassett, and Matthew Connelly.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, standing, fourth from right) holds a baseball presumably given to him by Clark Griffith, President of the Washington Baseball Club (front row, standing, third from right). Two unidentified baseball players are also present. Seated in the stands, front row, left to right are: General Harry Vaughan, Margaret Truman, Evlyn (Mrs. John) Snyder, and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman. Seated behind them are, left to right: Admiral Robert Dennison, Charles Ross, William Hassett, and Matthew Connelly.

President and Mrs. Truman with dignitaries attended commemorative exercises at the Lincoln Memorial, held by the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. L to R: W. Elkins Reed, General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William Leahy, President Harry S. Truman, and First Lady Bess Truman.

President and Mrs. Truman with dignitaries (backs turned) attended commemorative exercises at the Lincoln Memorial, held by the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. L to R: General Ulysses S. Grant III, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan and W. Elkins Reed.

President and Mrs. Truman with dignitaries attended commemorative exercises at the Lincoln Memorial, held by the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. L to R: W. Elkins Reed, General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William Leahy, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, and General Ulysses S. Grant III.

President Harry S. Truman with Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (center back, wearing large white corsage) standing at the podium at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel. A second Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner was also held at the Statler Hotel.

President Harry S. Truman and dignitaries facing the Lincoln Memorial in the foreground with the crowd in the background. From left to right, (backs to the camera) Ulysses S. Grant III, Mrs. Bess Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan and W. Elkins Reed.