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Harry Truman and Family Members in his Office at Truman Library

Harry Truman and family members stand in his office at the Truman Library. Left to right: Unidentified man, Henrietta Truman (sister of Corbie Truman), unidentified woman, Vivian Truman, Luella Truman (Vivian's wife), Corbie Truman and his wife, Bess Truman, Harry Truman, Olive Truman, Mary Jane Truman, and Margaret and Louis Truman. Autograph (not original) says "To Mary Jane from Harry, best of everything, Harry S. Truman, 7/23/62" From: Copied from photos lent to the Truman Library by Martha Ann Swoyer, daughter of Vivian Truman.

Truman family arriving in Hawaii

Former President Harry S. Truman (third from left), with Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (second from left) and Margaret Truman (second from right, partly obscured) are presented with leis and a key to the city by an unidentified woman upon their arrival in Honolulu on board the liner President Cleveland. The woman on the left is unidentified.

Truman on campaign stop in Mattoon, Illinois

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) receiving a boutonniere from Martha Harrington (in front of Truman, back to camera) on the rear platform of his campaign train during a whistlestop in Mattoon, Illinois. First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (left) was presented with a bouquet of flowers, as was Margaret (not shown). President Truman stopped in Mattoon en route to St. Louis. Donor: Martha Harrington.

Truman family portrait

Three generations of the Trumans pose for photographers while standing before an automobile, prior to leaving for the airport to travel to Washington, D. C. From left to right, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, Martha Ellen Truman (President Truman's mother), Margaret Truman, and President Harry S. Truman.