President Harry S. Truman (right) returned to Union Station in Washington, D.C. after a trip for his Whistlestop Campaign Tour of 1948. He was joined by Margaret Truman (second from right) and Bess Truman (foreground, third from right) as well as other members of his staff. Others are unidentified.
Bess Wallace Truman on the porch of her family home at 219 North Delaware, holding baby Margaret Truman. This picture was taken the same year Margaret was born. From: Truman house.
President Harry S. Truman and others in car arriving in Washington, D. C. after the 1948 election. Back, from left: President Truman, J. Howard McGrath, Alben Barkley. Front, from left: Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt. Inscribed: "Good luck Mr. President! Yours very sincerely Steve Zweig, Washington, D. C., November 5, 1948" Same as 58-288.
The Truman family and Barkley family on the steps of the White House the day after the election. From left to right: Vice-President Alben Barkley, his daughter Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt, Margaret Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, and President Harry S. Truman.