Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

Color-tinted formal portrait of (from left to right) George Porterfield Wallace, Bess V. Wallace, and Frank Gates Wallace. From: Truman home.

Bess Wallace standing by a tree in the backyard of her family's home at 219 N. Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri. Same as 72-3622. From: Truman home, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

A group of three young men and two young women pose for a photograph as part of a tableau or play. Bess Wallace is at the right; all others are unidentified. They are in the yard of the Wallace home at 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri. This is possibly related to the "St. Agnes Guild," a group of friends of Bess Wallace who presented an outdoor play for children (see "Remembering Delaware Street" by Elizabeth Paxton Forsley). From: Truman home, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

Two young women and a young man pose for a photograph as part of a tableau or play. Bess Wallace is at left, leaning on a clothesline. All others are unidentified. They are on the back porch of the Wallace home at 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri. This could possibly be connected to the "St. Agnes Guild," in which friends of Bess Wallace put on an outdoor play for children (see "Remembering Delaware Street" by Elizabeth Paxton Forsling). From: Truman home, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

A group of two young men and two young women pose for a photograph as part of a tableau or play. In the center, Frank Wallace is riding a wooden frame "horse" as the others tip the "horse" back. Bess Wallace is at the right; all others are unidentified. A dog is standing off to the right. They are in the yard of the Wallace home at 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri. This is possibly related to the "St. Agnes Guild," a group of friends of Bess Wallace who presented an outdoor play for children (see "Remembering Delaware Street" by Elizabeth Paxton Forsley).

Bess Wallace (seated on the floor, center) and her family in the parlor of her grandfather's home at 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri. Bess' mother, Madge Gates Wallace, is on the left. Her brothers, Frank and George Wallace are in the center. An unidentified man is seated on the right, possibly one of the brothers of Madge Gates Wallace. From: Truman Home.

Bess Wallace (second from the left) seated outside with two unidentified men (left and laying down, right) and an unidentified woman. They are likely outside the Gates-Wallace home at 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri. From: Truman home, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

Madge Gates Wallace (left), her son Frank Wallace (second from left), and her daughter Bess Wallace (second from right) are standing outside with three other unidentified men and another unidentified woman. They are probably standing in the yard of their home at 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri. From: Truman home, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

Bess Wallace (seated on the floor, center) and her family in the parlor of her grandfather's home at 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri. Bess' mother, Madge Gates Wallace, is on the left. Her brothers, Frank and George Wallace are in the center. An unidentified man is seated on the right, possibly one of the brothers of Madge Gates Wallace. From: Truman home, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

Former First Lady Bess Truman, with a fur coat draped over her arm, poses outside her church (Trinity Episcopal Church) on Easter Sunday. From: Truman Home.