First ladies

A picture of guests at the Presidential inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower is in the center (facing left), and President Eisenhower is standing behind her. All others are unidentified.

Democratic National Committee Vice-Chairman India Edwards with the First Lady Bess Truman. Pictured (left to right): Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley, India Edwards, First Lady Bess Truman, and United States Ambassador to Denmark Eugenie Anderson.

Democratic National Committee Vice-Chairman India Edwards at an unidentified event with the First Lady and First Daughter. Pictured (left to right): Mrs. George Lucky, India Edwards, First Daughter Margaret Truman, Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Mrs. Esther Murray, and unidentified woman. All other individuals are unidentified.

Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman India Edwards (third from right) with the First Lady Bess Truman (second from left), First Daughter Margaret Truman (third from left), and Mrs. William Boyle (left). All other individuals are unidentified.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (second from right) poses with a delegation of Girl Scouts who presented her with a glass paperweight in honor of her service as their organization's honorary president since 1945. The girls presenting the gift as two unidentified Girl Scout leaders look on: (left to right) Susan Schneider, 11; Loretta Gallegos, 8; Joanna Rodman, 8; Marion East, 16.

Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower, wife of President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower, poses for cameras at the North Entrance to the White House.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (center) accepts a certificate from an unidentified man during her meeting with Michael Danna of South Ozone Park, New York (left), the 1952-1953 Muscular Dystrophy Poster Boy. Danna's visit marked the official opening of the Muscular Dystrophy Appeal Campaign. Danna holds in his lap a cocker spaniel named Buttons, Jr., his gift to the Trumans.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (right) meets with Michael Danna of South Ozone Park, New York (left), the 1952-1953 Muscular Dystrophy Appeal Poster Boy. Danna holds a cocker spaniel named Buttons, Jr., his gift to the Truman family.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (right) visits with Michael Danna of South Ozone Park, New York (left), the 1952-1953 Muscular Dystrophy Appeal Campaign Poster Boy. Mrs. Truman pets a cocker spaniel named Buttons, Jr., Danna's gift to the Trumans.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (center) speak with Treasury Secretary John Snyder (right) as they prepare to depart Washington, D.C. for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.