First ladies

First Lady Bess Truman (left) poses with her daughter, Margaret (right), for a portrait photograph in front of the fireplace at Blair House.

President Harry S. Truman (at left) stands and applauds Vice-President Alben Barkley (third from left) at the dinner honoring them at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. First Lady Bess W. Truman on far right. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman standing at microphone at the dinner honoring him and Vice-President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Truman is third from the left; Margaret Truman is fifth from the left. All others are unidentified.

From left, Bess Wallace Truman, Former President Harry S. Truman, an unidentified man, Mrs. Samuel Rosenman, and Mr. Samuel Rosenman lunch at the Hotel Negresco in Nice, France.

Blurry snapshot of First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (foreground, in blue suit) with Margaret Truman (behind Mrs. Truman), and other unidentified people. From: Truman home.

Bess Wallace as a young woman seated on porch rail of her family's home at 219 N. Delaware in Independence, Missouri. From: Truman house, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

Three young ladies pose on horseback, left to right: Laura Salisbury, Agnes Salisbury, and Bess Wallace.

Vacationers at Pertle Springs, Missouri, a resort near Warrensburg. Left to right: Bess Wallace; unidentified woman; Natalie Wallace; May Wallace; George Wallace; Frank Wallace; and an unidentified man. From: Truman house, an album entitled "Postal Souvenirs."

Left to right: Bess Wallace, Natalie Wallace, and three unidentified women at a resort called Pertle Springs, Missouri. From: Truman house, from an album entitled "Postal Souvenirs."

Bess Wallace and others are eating watermelon in the backyard of 219 N. Delaware. Left to right: Fred Wallace (little boy); Ethel Noland; Nellie Noland (cousins of Harry S. Truman); Frank Wallace; Bess Wallace; George Wallace; and Will Boger.