First ladies

First Lady Bess W. Truman (left) christens an airplane with a bottle of champagne. Her daughter Margaret Truman is beside her. All others are unidentified.

First Lady Bess Truman (foreground, third from right) and Margaret Truman (foreground, second from right) hold bouquets during the christening ceremony for two airplanes. All others are unidentified.

First Lady Bess Truman (partly obscured by microphone) christening a Naval Air Transport Service airplane. A view from the side. Standing behind Mrs. Truman is Lieutenant George Elsey. Others are unidentified.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (left), accompanied by Margaret Truman (right), christens an airplane. Mrs. Truman is swinging a champagne bottle. Others in background are unidentified.

The funeral ceremony for Franklin Roosevelt at the burial site in Hyde Park, New York. President Harry S. Truman is on the left in the background, holding his hat in his hand. Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (right) and her daughter Anna Roosevelt are the two ladies in black in the foreground. All others are unidentified.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman is taking the oath of office, at 7:09 p.m., after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bess and Margaret Truman are standing to the right of Mr. Truman. Immediately behind Mr. Truman are (from left to right): Press Secretary Jonathan Daniels, Admiral William Leahy, Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, unidentified man (mostly obscured), receptionist William Simmons, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. All others are unidentified.

Major General Harry H. Vaughan and Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison met Mrs. Bess Truman and Ms. Margaret Truman at the railroad station in Miami, FL, and accompanied them on an automobile drive to Key West where they joined the President Harry S. Truman at the Little White House. Left to right: Major General Vaughan, Mrs. Truman, Ms. Margaret Truman, and Rear Admiral Dennison. From: Robert L. Dennison.

Group shot of the Presidential party for the 8th trip to Key West, FL. Front row (left to right): Mr. John R. Steelman, Mrs. Bess Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Ms. Margaret Truman, and Mr. William D. Hassett. Back row (left to right): Mr. Stephen T. Spingarn, Mr. Robert B. Landry, Mr. Robert L. Dennison, Mr. Stanley Woodward, Mr. Charles G. Ross, Mr. Harry H. Vaughan, Mr. Wallace H. Graham, and Mr. David K. Niles.

A 2:00 P.M. Sunday luncheon on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida, for the President and his party. Left to right, clockwise starting at the extreme left: President Harry S. Truman, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Mr. Donald S. Dawson, Mr. Stephen T. Spingarn, Mr. Charles G. Ross, Mr. William D. Hassett, Ms. Margaret Truman (hidden by palm tree), Brigadier General Wallace D. Graham, Brigadier General Robert B. Landry, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Mrs. Bess Truman, and Mr. Stanley Woodward. From: Robert L. Dennison

A 2:00 P.M. Sunday luncheon on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida for the President and his party. From left to right: Mrs. Bess Truman, Mr. Stanley Woodward, President Harry S. Truman, and Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison. From: Robert L. Dennison.