Children of presidents

First Lady Bess Truman (left) poses with her daughter, Margaret (right), for a portrait photograph in front of the fireplace at Blair House.

President Harry S. Truman standing at microphone at the dinner honoring him and Vice-President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Truman is third from the left; Margaret Truman is fifth from the left. All others are unidentified.

Blurry snapshot of First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (foreground, in blue suit) with Margaret Truman (behind Mrs. Truman), and other unidentified people. From: Truman home.

Slightly out-of-focus full-length photo of Harry S. Truman holding baby Margaret, standing in the yard of the Truman home in Independence, Missouri. Original negative is from the Truman house.

Margaret Truman and James Stewart rehearse, in Hollywood, California, for their April 26th radio performance on Screen Director's Playhouse in "Jackpot." It will be her first appearance in a straight dramatic role, with no singing. She will play Stewart's wife and the mother of two children. (See also 2009-1628.) From: Truman Home, from scrapbook on Margaret Truman that was transferred to the manuscript collection.

In Hollywood, California, Margaret Truman, in her first radio dramatic role, is shown rehearsing with actor Jimmy (James) Stewart for a part in "Jackpot" on NBC's Screen Director's Playhouse. Under exclusive NBC contract, Miss Truman is making her first dramatic appearance on radio. She will do no singing on this program, playing the part of Stewart's wife. Her salary for the show is said to be the greatest ever paid any performer on the Playhouse program. From: Truman Home (album of photos and news clippings)

Bess Truman sits at a desk in front of a CBS microphone and speaks on behalf of the Infantile Paralysis Fund. With her are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., (left), actress Elizabeth Taylor (2nd from left), and author Cornelia Otis Skinner (right). They are at the White House. (See also 59-1081.) From: Truman Home.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) escorts his daughter Margaret (right), in her wedding dress, from the Truman home to a car on the way to the Trinity Episcopal Church in Independence, Missouri. (Similar to 82-21-1) This is oversize photo mounted on heavy card stock. From: Office of President Truman.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) clasps the hands of his daughter, Margaret, and her fiancé, New York newspaperman E. Clifton Daniel, Jr., at La Guardia Airport in New York City on March 16, 1956. Mr. Truman arrived for an overnight visit during which he will have a "quiet dinner" with the couple. The wedding is scheduled for April 21st in Independence, Missouri. (See also 77-3779.) This is a 14" x 16" oversize photo mounted on heavy card stock. From: Office of Harry Truman.

Front row from left to right, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman, along with other unidentified guests. President Truman and his family are seated in the balcony at the inaugural gala at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. In front of the balcony hangs a banner with the Presidential Seal.