Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

Vice President Elect Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Truman (center), and Margaret Truman prepare to leave for the White House on Inauguration morning.

President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Truman and Margaret Truman leave church services at the U. S. Naval Station Memorial Chapel at Key West, Florida. Walter Bedell Smith is at right in back.

Left to right: Margaret Truman Daniel, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bess Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, President John F. Kennedy outside White House.

President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy greet President and Mrs. Truman as they enter the White House. Left to right: Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, Mrs. Bess Truman, Harry S. Truman, and President Kennedy.

Honored guests gather for a formal photo at the bottom of the Grand Staircase in the White House during the dinner in honor of President and Mrs. Truman. First row l to r: President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy. Back row l to r: Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton, Margaret Truman Daniel, Clifton Daniel, and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell T. Shepard.

President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, and First Lady Bess W. Truman (seated, left to right) are riding in an open car as they leave Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois. President Truman delivered a campaign speech there. All others are unidentified. From: The album "Victory Visit, the Picture Story of President Truman's Chicago Reception."

First Lady Bess W. Truman (right) and daughter Margaret Truman (second from right) attending the National Plowing Match in Dexter, Iowa. This photo was taken just before President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) gave a campaign speech at the plowing match. All other people on stage are not identified. From the album, The President's Trip to Iowa.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess W. Truman greet representatives of Saudi Arabia at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for delegates to the United Nations General Assembly which is convening for the first time in the United States. Left to right in the receiving line: James H. Foskett, Naval Aide to the President; Bess Truman; President Truman; General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and his family posed for pictures at Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada, shortly after their arrival in Canada. Standing from left to right are: Margaret Truman, President Truman, the Viscountess Alexander, Prime Minister of Canada William Mackenzie King, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and Viscount Alexander, the Governor General of Canada.

From left to right, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Harry S. Truman and their daughter Margaret Truman on the grounds of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. They are spending time at the Little White House on vacation.