Under Secretary of State James E. Webb shakes the hand of Gertrude Ray, Red Cross Field Director at Mt. Alto Hospital on the occasion of the State Department's Kickoff Rally which Miss Ray addressed.
Margaret Truman appealed for contributions to the March of Dimes campaign during a White House broadcast arranged by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Front row left to right; Lady Inverchapel, Margaret Truman, Roberta (Mrs. Fred) Vinson. Back row, left to right: Lady Balfour, Mrs. John Baker, and Mrs. Ralph Edwards.
Margaret Truman (left) holds three-year-old Terry Tullos of Laurel, Mississippi, as he makes the first contribution to the March of Dimes Infantile Paralysis Fund Campaign.
First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (seated, left) attends a Christmas Bag Party at the Central Union Mission where she presents gifts to five-year-olds Carl Eager, Jr. (foreground, center) and Jean Copeland (foreground, right). Others in the background are unidentified.
First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (seated, left) attends a Christmas Bag Party at the Central Union Mission where she presents gifts to five-year-olds Carl Eager, Jr. (foreground, center) and Jean Copeland (foreground, right).
President Harry S. Truman (center) is presented the Red Feather Oscar for his work in the red feather drives sponsored by the Community Chests of America. The tiny statuette is awarded to volunteers who provide outstanding work at those drives. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.
First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (left), an unidentified young woman (center), and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (right) at a nation-wide radio broadcast from the White House to promote fundraising efforts for infantile paralysis. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.