Margaret Truman in Front Yard of Truman Home
Margaret Truman waves from the front yard of her home at 219 N. Delaware St. in Independence, Missouri. [She is somewhat obscured in an overexposed streak.]
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman in Ottawa During a Presidential Visit
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King (left) speaks with Margaret Truman (second from left); while Governor General of Canada Harold Alexander (third from left) and Margaret Diana Alexander, Countess Alexander of Tunis (third from right), pose with President Harry S. Truman (second from right) and First Lady Bess Truman (right). The Trumans are shown here in Ottawa, Canada, attending a formal white-tie dinner in their honor. The caption of the photo album page reads "A good-will mission completed." From an album called "Visit of President Truman to Ottawa, June 10-12, 1947."
Bess Truman and Margaret Truman Fish with Bridge Club Members
Bess Truman (left) and Margaret Truman (second from left) look at the water while participating in a fishing outing at A. J. Stephens' Basswood Hotel in Platte County, Missouri. The individual on the right is unidentified. Bess Truman's bridge club, The Independence Tuesday Bridge Club, was on a retreat to Basswood. [Donor: Stephen Bayliss]
Truman Family Greets Crowd at Veterans Hospital in Marion, Illinois
President Harry S. Truman (standing in car), First Lady Bess Truman (in front of car), and Margaret Truman (waving at left) greet the crowd as they exit the limousine in Marion, Illinois, as part of a visit to the Veterans Hospital there. The Trumans were in Illinois during the 1948 presidential campaign.
Harry S. Truman and Family at Truman Library Groundbreaking Ceremony
Robert P. Weatherford, Mayor of Independence, Missouri, stands behind the lectern during the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Truman Library and Museum. Former President Harry S. Truman, former First Lady Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mary Jane Truman stand to Weatherford's left. The future home of the Truman Library is located in Slover Park in Independence, Missouri. [Donor: Dr. Elliot S. Berkley]
Senator Barkley, President Truman, and Margaret Truman Appear on Campaign Train
President Harry S. Truman waves as he shakes the hand of Vice Presidential nominee Alben Barkley from the rear platform of the presidential campaign train. Margaret Truman also appears on the the platform. The president promised Senator Barkley that he would "fight like hell" to get elected, as they embark from Union Station in Washington, DC, on a 19-state election tour. [From: Chicago Sun-Times]
Truman Family Appears on Train Platform in Independence, MO
First Lady Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and President Harry S. Truman smile from the rear platform of a train in Independence, Missouri. After voting in the mid-term election earlier that morning, the Trumans were leaving on a Baltimore & Ohio train from Independence to Washington, D.C.
Off-the-Air Radio Coverage of Harry S. Truman's Funeral
Sound recording, apparently taped off-the-air, of music interrupted by news coverage of Harry S. Truman's funeral from Independence, MO. Most of the recording is music, but at about 27:15 of side one, radio DJ Army Specialist Bob Meyer interrupts the music to bring the Group W news feed of former president Harry S. Truman's funeral services at the Harry S. Truman Library. On this day, the casket was being unloaded from the hearse and moved into the Library lobby for viewing. President Nixon and former president Johnson were scheduled to appear later in the day.
President Truman and Margaret Truman Appear on Train in Fargo, North Dakota
President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman appear on the rear platform of a train at a whistlestop appearance in Fargo, North Dakota.
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series “Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman”)
Merle Miller talks to Jane Chiles (childhood friend of Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman’s teacher) and her sister Susan Chiles. This excerpt is the same as part of a larger interview in MP2002-601, from 11:58 to 23:12. Sound only.