Children of presidents

First Lady Bess Truman cutting the cake at the Roosevelt Birthday Ball as various Hollywood celebrities look on. From left to right; three unidentified, Charles Coburn; Gene Kelly (kneeling); Margaret O'Brien (sitting on Gene Kelly's knee); unidentified; Mrs. Truman; Margaret Truman; unidentified; unidentified; Paul Henreid.

First Lady Bess Truman (second from the left of cake) and Margaret Truman (left of cake) cutting the cake at the Roosevelt Birthday Ball. Also present are Margaret O'Brien (in front of cake), Charles Coburn (front row, second from left), Gene Kelly (kneeling, left), Paul Henreid (third from right), Cesar Romero (kneeling, right), Alexis Smith (second from right), and other Hollywood celebrities.

President Harry S. Truman (left foreground) giving Admiral Chester Nimitz (right foreground) a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) in the Rose Garden of the White House. Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Nimitz), Margaret Truman (third from right, background), and several unidentified people look on.

First Lady Bess Truman (second from left), Margaret Truman (right) and another unidentified woman, standing with bouquets during the christening ceremony for two Naval airplanes.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (left) christens an airplane with a bottle of champagne. Her daughter Margaret Truman is beside her. All others are unidentified.

First Lady Bess Truman (foreground, third from right) and Margaret Truman (foreground, second from right) hold bouquets during the christening ceremony for two airplanes. All others are unidentified.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (left), accompanied by Margaret Truman (right), christens an airplane. Mrs. Truman is swinging a champagne bottle. Others in background are unidentified.

The funeral ceremony for Franklin Roosevelt at the burial site in Hyde Park, New York. President Harry S. Truman is on the left in the background, holding his hat in his hand. Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (right) and her daughter Anna Roosevelt are the two ladies in black in the foreground. All others are unidentified.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman is taking the oath of office, at 7:09 p.m., after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bess and Margaret Truman are standing to the right of Mr. Truman. Immediately behind Mr. Truman are (from left to right): Press Secretary Jonathan Daniels, Admiral William Leahy, Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, unidentified man (mostly obscured), receptionist William Simmons, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. All others are unidentified.

Major General Harry H. Vaughan and Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison met Mrs. Bess Truman and Ms. Margaret Truman at the railroad station in Miami, FL, and accompanied them on an automobile drive to Key West where they joined the President Harry S. Truman at the Little White House. Left to right: Major General Vaughan, Mrs. Truman, Ms. Margaret Truman, and Rear Admiral Dennison. From: Robert L. Dennison.