First ladies

First Lady Bess W. Truman attends a tea at the Carlton Hotel in honor of India Edwards, Executive Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, by Washington, D.C. newspaper women. From left to right: Margaret Truman, Esther Tufty, India Edwards, Eda Brannan, and Bess Truman.

Banquet for women of television and radio held at the residence of ambassador Perle Mesta. Pictured: (seated from left to right), Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson, wife of the Postmaster General; Roberta (Mrs. Fred) Vinson, wife of the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; First Lady Bess Truman, and unidentified. Standing from left to right: Priscilla (Mrs. John) Sullivan, wife of the Secretary of the Navy; unidentified woman; Margaret (Mrs. Kenneth) Royall; Mrs. Henrietta (Mrs. Clinton) Anderson; and Mary (Mrs. Tom) Clark.

From left to right, Mrs. India Edwards, Vice Chairman, Democratic National Committee; First Lady Bess W. Truman; and honorary guest Mrs. Eugenie Anderson, United States Ambassador to Denmark.

Mrs. India Edwards, President, Girls Club of America, Inc. (left), at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library with former First Lady Bess W. Truman (right).

The First Lady, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, with various women Democratic Party leaders. From left to right: United States Ambassador to Luxembourg Perle Mesta, Mrs. Truman, Treasurer of the United States Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark, Democratic National Committee Vice-Chair India Edwards, and Mrs. Gladys Avery Tillett.

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (left), President of the 1000 Club Frank J. Lewis (center), and Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan at the 1000 Club dinner at the Hotel Statler in Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman with Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., for a ceremony at which the Queen will present a carillon to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands. In the front row, from left to right: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Prince Bernhard Leopold (obscured by post), First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right side of podium), and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman with Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., for a ceremony at which the Queen will present a carillon to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands. In the front row, from left to right: Prince Bernhard Leopold (obscured by post), First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right side of podium), and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) with First Lady Bess W. Truman (right) at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C. They are there for a ceremony in which Queen Juliana of the Netherlands presented a carillon to the people of the United States. Standing between them is Edward J. Kelly, Superintendent of National Capital Parks. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman greets Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. They are at the park for a ceremonial presentation of a carillon to the people of the United States from the Netherlands. On the ground, from left to right: National Capital Parks Superintendent Edward J. Kelly, President Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (back to camera, in pinstriped suit), Prince Bernhard Leopold (wearing glasses), and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (back to camera). All others are unidentified.