First ladies

Former President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaks to a crowd at the R.L.D.S. Men's Club Dinner in the Laurel Club dining room of the RLDS Auditorium, Independence, Missouri. Also identified in the photo is Bess Truman, seated to the left of the former President.

Former President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaks at the R.L.D.S. Men's Club Dinner in the Laurel Club dining room at the RLDS Auditorium in Independence, MO. Seated to the left of the lectern are: Ardyce Lucile DeLapp (black hat); Bishop G. Leslie DeLapp; and Mrs. Bess Truman. Seated on the right of the podium is W. Wallace Smith, President of the R.L.D.S. Church. Others are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaks at the R.L.D.S. Men's Club Dinner in the Laurel Club dining room of the RLDS Auditorium, Independence, Missouri. Also identified in the photo are Mrs. Bess Truman, seated to the left of the former President, and Bishop G. Leslie DeLapp, seated to the left of Mrs. Truman. Seated on the right of the podium is W. Wallace Smith, President of the R.L.D.S. Church.

Plates are cleared at the head table as former President Harry S. Truman talks to an unidentified photographer at the R.L.D.S. Men's Club Dinner held in the Laurel Club dining room of the RLDS Auditorium, Independence, Missouri. Seated from left to right are: Ardyce Lucile DeLapp; Bishop G. Leslie DeLapp; former President Truman; Bess Truman; probably Paul Christenson; Mrs. Paul Christenson; Rosamond Bunnell Smith; and RLDS Church President W. Wallace Smith. The standing woman is unidentified. 

Former President Harry S. Truman visits at the head table of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ's Latter Day Saints (R.L.D.S.) Men's Club Dinner in the Laurel Club dining room at the RLDS Auditorium, Independence, Missouri. Pictured sitting from left to right are: Ardyce Lucile DeLapp (turning away); Bishop G. Leslie DeLapp; former President Truman; Bess Truman; probably Paul Christenson; Mrs. Paul Christenson; Rosamond Bunnell Smith; and RLDS Church President W. Wallace Smith.

Former President Harry S. Truman is served during the R.L.D.S. Men's Club Dinner, held in the Laurel Club dining room at the RLDS Auditorium in Independence, Missouri. Pictured sitting from left to right are: one unidentified woman; Ardyce Lucile DeLapp; Bishop G. Leslie DeLapp; former President Truman; Bess Truman; probably Paul Christenson; and Mrs. Paul Christenson.

Former President Harry S. Truman and Bishop G. Leslie DeLapp visit at the head table of the "Ladies' Night" Men's Club Dinner held at the Laurel Club dining room in the RLDS Auditorium in Independence, Missouri. Seated from left to right are: Ardyce Lucile DeLapp (turning away); Bishop DeLapp; former President Truman; Bess Truman; probably Paul Christenson; Mrs. Paul Christenson; Rosamond Bunnell Smith; RLDS Church President W. Wallace Smith; and an unidentified woman. The three people standing are unidentified. 

Former President Harry S. Truman (right and in background) meets his daughter and grandchildren at the train station in Independence, Missouri, for a Christmas visit. Margaret Truman Daniel is wearing a fur coat and stepping out of the train, holding her son, Clifton Truman Daniel. Mrs. Bess Truman stands next to Mr. Truman, with her back to the camera, also with a fur coat.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) meets his daughter, Margaret (left), at the train station in Independence, Missouri, for the Christmas holidays. Mr. Truman is carrying his grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel. Walking behind Margaret is Mrs. Bess Truman.

Mrs. Franklin D. (Eleanor) Roosevelt, broadcasting for her husband, the President of the United States, on his 63rd birthday, shown at the microphones at the White House with Basil O'Connor, Chairman of the National Infantile Paralysis Fund. From: Beth Gore.