Children

Studio portrait of Helen Wallace as an infant. Helen Wallace, Bess Truman's cousin from Kansas City, is the child of Myra Gates Wallace, Madge Gates' sister, who married Theodore Boulware Wallace. From: John Elliott

Standing in front of the Gates/Wallace house at 219 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri, are, left to right: (First row) Helen Wallace, Gates Wells, and Louise Wells; (Second row) Frank Wallace, George Wallace, and Bess Wallace (Bess and her brothers). The other children are their cousins. Bess and Frank are probably in their teens; the others are much younger. From: John Elliott (restricted at request of donor)

Head portrait of Maud Louise Gates Wells (Drake) as a child. She is the daughter of G. Walter Gates, and first cousin of Bess Wallace Truman. From: John Elliott.

Left to right: George Wallace, Helen Wallace, and Maud Louise Wells sit on the steps of the front porch of the George Porterfield Gates home at 219 N. Delaware, Independence Missouri. George Wallace is Bess Wallace's brother. Helen Wallace is the child of Myra Gates Wallace, Madge Gates' sister, and Maud Louise Wells is the daughter of Maud Gates Wells, Madge Gates' other sister. From: John Elliott.

Informal portrait of Helen Wallace, probably two or three years of age, with her hands raised and holding on to her hair. Helen Wallace, Bess Truman's cousin from Kansas City, is the child of Myra Gates Wallace, Madge Gates' sister, who married Theodore Boulware Wallace. From: John Elliott.

Several unidentified children in a buggy with an unidentified man holding the horse. From: Ardelia (Mrs. W.L.C.) Palmer.

The two larger boys are the sons of Captain Robine, French Infantry, and are very well educated. The girls and two smaller boys are the children of Captain R. Robine, French Army Intelligence Bureau. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Elizabeth Virginia (Bess) Wallace and Frank G. Wallace.

Children playing, probably at unidentified location in Grandview, Missouri. From: Mrs. Roger Smith, Grandview, Missouri

Group of children in front of church, probably in Grandview, Missouri. From: Mrs. Roger Smith, Grandview, Missouri