Mrs. Truman and Gael Galvin
Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (left) receives a Margaret Truman doll from Gael Galvin, daughter of Under Secretary of Labor Michael J. Galvin.
Children
Truman in front of a crowd of children
President Harry S. Truman greeting and shaking hands with a crowd of children while at the American Colony, United States Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. President Truman was in Brazil for an official state visit. Original is oversized.
Defense Bond baby
Unidentified baby with crown that reads "Defense Bonds".
Truman and Ginger Leonard
President Harry S. Truman with Leona "Ginger" Leonard. Photo inscribed: "Merry Christmas Mr. President. Ginger Leonard". This was probably taken when the Disabled American Veterans met with President Truman to start their fundraising drive by giving him a forget-me-not.
Child receiving a shot
Child receiving an immunization shot.
Children of John Buxton
Children of John E. Buxton: Margaret, Charles, Mary Francis.
A young Margaret Truman with friends
A young Margaret Truman (center back row) poses with four children in the backyard of the Truman house. The four children are unidentified. From: Truman house.
Buses lined up outside the Truman Library
Buses bringing children for a tour of the newly opened Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri.
Bess Wallace and brother at 608 N. Delaware
Bess Wallace Truman and her brother, George Wallace, in front of 608 N. Delaware, wearing winter clothes. From: Truman house
First Lady – Mrs. Truman Visits Children’s Hospital
Warner Pathe Newsreel showing Bess Truman visiting Washington DC's Children’s Hospital for the first time since becoming First Lady in 1945. She visits children being treated for infantile paralysis (polio) and is shown the latest treatment methods. It concludes with the narrator saying that many of these children will walk again because of contributions to the March of Dimes.