First ladies

Standing at the rail on board the S.S. President Cleveland, Mrs. Bess Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, and daughter Margaret, pose for news photographers as they return to San Francisco, California, from a month's vacation in Hawaii. On Margaret's right is Captain Hobart J. Ehman, skipper of the liner. (Similar to 2002-463, 464, and 465.) (Original negative included.) From: Bayard C. Rucker.

Upon arriving at San Francisco, California, on the S.S. President Cleveland, (seated, left to right) Bess Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, and Margaret Truman sit on chairs on the aft deck while Mr. Truman is being interviewed by the news media. The Trumans have just returned from a month's vacation in Hawaii. (See 2002-463 through 469.) (Original negative included.) From: Bayard C. Rucker.

Former President Harry S. Truman talks with an unidentified person, as he sits on the VIP platform during groundbreaking ceremonies for the Truman Library in Independence Missouri. From left to right: former President Truman, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mary Jane Truman. Others in the photo also are unidentified. (See albums 67-6696 through 67-6713.) From: Dale Miller.

Former President Harry S. Truman, his wife Bess and daughter Margaret turn around to speak to others seated on a platform during groundbreaking ceremonies for the Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. Seated on the left is Truman's sister, Mary Jane. The two boys on Truman's right are Dan (seven) and Steve (twelve) Sturdevant. From: Dan C.D. Sturdevant.

Former President Harry S. Truman turns around to speak to others seated on a platform during groundbreaking ceremonies for the Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. On Truman's left are Bess, Margaret, and Mary Jane Truman. The two boys on Truman's right are Dan (seven) and Steve (twelve) Sturdevant. From: Dan C.D. Sturdevant.

Former President Harry S. Truman (front row, left) and Bess Truman (front row, second from right) at the Bergen Mall in Paramus, New Jersey, where they will attend a performance of their daughter, Margaret, in "Goodbye My Fancy" at the Bergen Mall Playhouse. The others in the photo are unidentified. From: James F. Keenan.

Former First Lady Bess Truman (left) is shown standing before a fireplace at an unknown location greeting three unidentified women. The event and date are unknown, but it is possibly the Woman's National Democratic Club in Washington, D.C. Donor: Charlotte Lloyd Walkup.

Former First Lady Bess Truman (center) with Mabel Wallgren, wife of former Washington Governor Mon Wallgren, and an unidentified woman, photographed at Wallgren's home in Palm Desert, California. The former President also made the trip. (See also 2004-316.)

Photo of Bess Truman being carried out of her home at 219 North Delaware and placed in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. This is probably the last photograph of her prior to her death. The medics in the photo are unidentified. Donor: Helen V. Wade

Snapshot of (left to right) Bess Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, and Elsie Howard taken at the house of Charles and Elsie Howard on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. Donor: David Howard, grandson of Elsie Howard