Christmas

Christmas party for the staff of the Harry S. Truman Library. From left to right: Betty Shank, Helen Luckey, Margaret Sanders, and Bessie Taylor.

Christmas party for the staff of the Harry S. Truman Library. From left to right: Betty Shank, Helen Luckey, Margaret Sanders, and Bessie Taylor.

Harry S. Truman Library staff at Christmas party with former President Harry S. Truman. Standing are Helen Luckey and Margaret Sanders. Seated to Mr. Truman's left is Rose Conway.

Harry S. Truman Library staff at Christmas party with former President Harry S. Truman. Standing is Bessie Taylor. Seated to Mr. Truman's left is Rose Conway.

Harry S. Truman Library staff at Christmas party with former President Harry S. Truman. Standing is Bessie Taylor. Seated to Mr. Truman's left is Rose Conway, his private secretary.

President Harry S. Truman sitting at a desk in his Independence, Missouri home while reading an address in connection with the lighting of the National Community Christmas Tree on the White House grounds.

From left to right, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman at the Christmas tree lighting ceremonies at the White House. They are standing in the doorway of the White House.

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman on the front steps of their home at 219 N. Delaware sometime between December 23-28, 1949.

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman on the front steps of their home at 219 N. Delaware sometime between December 23-28, 1949.

From left to right Major John Eisenhower; David, 7; Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower; President Dwight David Eisenhower, holding Susan, 3; Barbara (Mrs. John) Eisenhower who gave birth to Mary Jean last Wednesday; and Barbara Ann, 6. The newest grandchild remained at Walter Reed Hospital where she was born. This was the Eisenhower's first Christmas in the White House and they posed in front of the Christmas tree in the East Ballroom.