First ladies

At a reception at the Carlton Hotel, Washington, D.C., honoring Perle Mesta, Minister to Luxembourg, are: Left to right: Perle Mesta, Bess Truman, Georgia Neese Clark (Treasurer of the United States), India Edwards (the hostess), and Mrs. Charles W. Tillet, formerly director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman stands outside the Capitol after addressing a joint session of Congress. Front row (l-r): Secretary of State George C. Marshall; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; President Harry S. Truman. Second row (l-r): Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Attorney General Tom C. Clark; Press Secretary Charles Ross.

Bess Truman speaks with a line of 14 WACS, in unidentified room. (See also 2009-1750.) From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman (center) poses with 14 WACS (Women's Army Corps), seven on each side. (See also 2009-1751.) From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman (center), Mrs. Charles Brannan (right), and an unidentified woman (left) meet at the Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C., to attend a luncheon. They are to appear later that evening at a reception to honor "Women in Politics." From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman (left) chats with Mrs. Charles Brannan (wife of the Secretary of Agriculture) at a luncheon at the Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. Both are to appear later that evening at a reception to honor "Women in Politics." From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Truman greet ladies in a receiving line at unidentified reception, probably in the Washington, D. C. area. President Truman is shaking hands with (possibly) a Salvation Army lady. There is an unidentified women standing beside the Truman's, second from left. Transferred from museum collection 10/2009.

Harry and Bess Truman attend a season opener baseball game in Kansas City between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Athletics. Left to right, first row: Shirley Finley, Bess Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, and A's owner Charlie Finley. Local grocery store owner Lester Milgram (in glasses and hat) is directly behind Bess Truman. Transferred from museum collection, 10/2009. Back of photograph is stamped "Compliments of Lester Milgram."

Profile view of First Lady Bess Truman, in unidentified location (looks like a hospital), holding and viewing a photograph that is possibly her daughter, Margaret Truman. Transferred from museum collection 10/2009.

First Lady Bess Truman (center) attending a luncheon for Providence Hospital in Washington, D. C. The ladies seated on either side of her are unidentified. Mrs. Truman's original handwriting is on the back of the photograph. Transferred from museum collection 10/2009.