First ladies

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right) and his wife, First Lady Bess W. Truman (foreground, third from right) being greeted on their way into the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner, held at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. Bess shakes hands with Frank McKinney, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. President Truman shakes hands with Eda (Mrs. Charles) Brannan, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess W. Truman leaving the ceremony at which Queen Juliana of the Netherlands presented a carillon from the people of the Netherlands to the people of the United States. The ceremony took place in Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C. Front row, left to right: President Truman, Mrs. Truman, and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. Walking behind the Trumans are General Harry Vaughan (left) and Admiral Robert Dennison (right). All others are unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (standing at podium) speaks at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., during a ceremony at which Queen Juliana of the Netherlands presented a carillon to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands. Seated in the front row, from left to right: unidentified man, Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Prince Bernhard Leopold, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana (partly obscured by post), and President Harry S. Truman. All others are unidentified.

President Truman shakes hands with Queen Juliana as Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (standing) prepares to speak at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., during a ceremony at which Queen Juliana of the Netherlands presented 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 Harry S. Truman, Secretary Chapman, and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (right side of podium).

President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaks at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., during a ceremony at which Queen Juliana of the Netherlands presented 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, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right side of podium), and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman. All others are unidentified.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson (standing) speaks at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., during a ceremony at which Queen Juliana of the Netherlands presented 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, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, President Harry S. Truman, and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (right side of podium). Seated behind President Truman is General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified.

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).