First ladies

Mr. and Mrs. Truman are shown in the living room of the Independence home on the occasion of his 84th birthday. This is the same picture as 68-791.

Harry and Bess Truman (left) as they emerge from a car which has brought them to the premiere showing of "Tales of Hoffmann". The Trumans are in formal attire and the two men with them are unidentified. See 97-1926 for a second photo of this event.

President and Mrs. Truman are shown outside a theater where they are attending a premier of "Tales of Hoffmann", a benefit for the National Symphony Orchestra. The second lady from the left is Mrs. Charles Brannan, wife of the former Secretary of the Agriculture, Charles Brannan. Others are unidentified. This is a 11 x 14 b & w white photo and shows the Trumans and guests in formal attire.

President Lyndon B. Johnson chose the Harry S. Truman Library as the site for the signing of the Medicare Act in order to honor former President Harry S. Truman, who he dubbed the father of the Medicare concept. Dignitaries who attended the ceremony are shown on the auditorium stage. Left to right: Unidentified man (back to camera), Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Bess Truman, Harry S. Truman. This print is a wonderful 11 X 14 black and white photo.

Portrait of former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman aboard the S.S. President Cleveland on their trip to Hawaii. This is a nice full length pose of both of them. From: George Killion.

Mrs. Bess Truman, center, with Mrs. Emily (Henry Cabot) Lodge, left, and Mrs. Hazel (Arthur)Vandenberg, right, at the Senate Ladies Annual Luncheon.

First Lady Bess Truman (at left) at a concert with unidentified others.

President Harry S. Truman (third from right, front row) and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (second from right, front row) with Attorney General J. Howard McGrath (front row, fifth from the right), Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (back row, third from the right), Secretary of State George C. Marshall (back row, fourth from the right), and numerous unidentified people.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (third from right) at a concert with other unidentified people.

First Lady Bess Truman (at left), Margaret Truman (third from left), and Chief Justice Fred Vinson (at right) at a concert with others.