Dwellings

Christmas dinner at the White House. Around the table from the left end: Fred Wallace, Madge Gates Wallace, Natalie Wallace, Marian Wallace, First Lady Bess Truman, David Wallace, Christine Wallace, Frank Wallace, George Wallace, Mary Jane Truman, President Harry S. Truman. The servants standing in the background are unidentified. This photo is from an original negative found in the Truman home. From: Truman home.

Left to right: First Lady Bess Truman, her mother Madge Gates Wallace, and her sister-in-law May Wallace, seated in the Breakfast Room of the White House. From: Copied from a scrapbook owned by Mrs. James C. Noel and loaned to the Truman Library by her nephew, Jim S. Noel.

President Harry S. Truman's study, second floor oval room, pre-1948 renovation. The painting above the mantel is "At the Beach of Scheveningen" by Hendrik William Mesdag. This painting is now in the museum collection of the Harry S. Truman Library. From: White House official photo, no. 11 DE 78 F1863-03. Not to be reproduced without permission of the office of the Curator, White House.

President Harry S. Truman's study, second floor oval room, pre-1948 renovation. The painting "At the Beach at Scheveningen" (Dutch Harbor) by Hendrik William Mesdag can be seen hanging above the mantel. The painting of President Truman's mother, Martha Ellen Truman, by Jerry Farnsworth, hangs to the left of the mantel. A Steinway grand piano is to the right of the mantel. All these objects are now in the museum collection of the Harry S. Truman Library. From: White House official photograph, no. 11 DE 78 F1863-02.

The first floor China Room of the White House. In this room were examples of china from almost every family who had lived in the White House. The Christy portrait of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge hangs there. This photo can be found in the book "The White House and Its Thirty-Four Families" by Amy La Follette Jensen. The National Archives number for this photo is 79-AR-1700-1Y. The Truman Library purchased this photo from them in 1979.

Margaret Truman sits on the bed in the Lincoln bedroom of the White House. She is posing for a series of photos at the White House for Look Magazine.

Margaret Truman poses on the White House balcony. She is posing in various rooms of the White House for Look Magazine.

Margaret Truman posing in what is probably the Family Dining Room or Small State Dining Room of the White House. She is posing for a series of photographs at the White House for Look Magazine.

Margaret Truman (right) poses in what appears to be the Family Quarters of the White House. She is posing for a series of photographs at the White House for Look Magazine. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Margaret Truman poses in the Family Dining Room or Small State Dining Room in the White House. She is posing for a series of photos in the White House for Look Magazine.