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Truman family Standing on Board the Williamsburg

3.8" x 5.9" black-and-white group photo of the extended Truman family standing on board the U.S.S. Williamsburg. The photo faces toward the bow. In the back row, left to right are: Madge Gates Wallace, Fred Wallace, May Wallace, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, Frank Wallace, Mary Jane Truman, and Christine Wallace. In the front row, left to right, are: David Wallace, Bess Truman, Marian Truman, and Natalie Wallace.

Truman family on board the U.S.S. Williamsburg

Group photo of the extended Truman family on board the presidential yacht Williamsburg. The photo faces toward the stern. On the left, from top to bottom, are Frank Wallace, Natalie Wallace, and Madge Gates Wallace. On the far right is President Harry S. Truman, seated, and to his right are his daughter Margaret and wife Bess. Directly behind them is George Wallace, and to Bess Truman's right is Fred Wallace. In the center are David Wallace, seated, while his sister Marian is to his right.

Truman with others at Army Day Parade

President Harry S. Truman attends an 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 Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (behind Truman to left), Margaret Truman, and Bess W. Truman (partly obscured). Others are unidentified.

Truman Receiving Key to the Newly Renovated White House

President Harry S. Truman (center) holding up a gold key to the newly renovated White House, reopened to the First Family after three years of repair work. In the background, from left to right are: Howell G. Crim, Chief Usher; First Lady Bess Wallace Truman; J. B. West, Assistant to the Chief Usher; Wilson Searles, Usher; William Kelley, Project Manager, Public Buildings; and Jess Larson, General Services Administration.