First ladies

Bess Truman poses for a photo with Hildegarde (Hildegarde, Loretta Sell), singer and entertainer, outside on the Harry S. Truman Library grounds. Hildegarde had visited the Library where former President Truman accompanied her on the piano. From: Truman Home (Mailed to the Independence Examiner by NEA News Service, Inc., New York City)

Former President Harry S. Truman plays the piano while Hildegarde (Hildegarde Loretta Sell), singer and entertainer, visiting the Harry S. Truman Library, and Bess Truman (at right) look over his shoulders. From: Truman Home (From NEA News Service, Inc., New York City, forwarded to The Examiner, Independence, MO).

Former President Harry S. Truman plays the piano for Hildegarde (Hildegarde Loretta Sell), left, singer and entertainer, during her visit to the Harry S. Truman Library. Bess Truman, at far right, also enjoys the music. From: Truman Home (Mailed to the Independence Examiner by NEW News Service, Inc., New York City)

President Harry S. Truman attends the Army Day parade in Washington, D.C. Front row, left to right: Secretary of War Robert Patterson, President Truman, and A. J. Peary, head of the Military Order of the World Wars. Second row, left to right: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Margaret Truman, and First Lady Bess W. Truman. Others are unidentified.

Barbara Pauley, wife of former Ambassador Edwin Pauley, with former First Lady Bess Truman at the Truman home in Independence, Missouri.

Barbara Pauley, Former President Harry S. Truman, Edwin Pauley, and Bess Truman at the Truman home in Independence, Missouri. Mr. Pauley is a former Ambassador and a businessman.

Former President Harry S. Truman with cane and hat in hand as Mrs. Truman and Ambassador Freeman Matthews look on. An unidentified man smiles in the background. The Truman's are in Holland on their European trip.

Former President Harry S. Truman's visit to Pope Pius XII Institute-Graduate School of Fine Arts for Women, Florence, Italy during his European trip of 1956. Bess Truman can be seen walking behind him.

Former President Harry S. Truman's visit to Pope Pius XII Institute-Graduate School of Fine Arts for Women, Florence, Italy during European trip of 1956. The former President is 7th from the left, and Bess Truman is next to him in the group photo.

Informal portrait of former President Harry S. Truman (smiling for the camera) and Bess Truman. From: Franklin Lamb.