First ladies

Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman posing in the aisle of a train for David Jay McClendon, who was returning on the same train from Jefferson City to Kansas City, Missouri, with the 7th grade class of D.M. Pinkerton school. From: David J. McClendon.

Princess Elizabeth of England and her Prince Consort, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrive at MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport. From left to right are: U.S. State Department Protocol Chief John F. Simmons, President Harry S. Truman, Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, and Margaret Truman. (See 86-141.) From: Arthur Marasco, 667 East Street, Lenox, MA 01240

A royal welcome for Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, and her consort, Prince Bernhard, in front of the Old District Building by President and Mrs. Truman and citizens of Washington, D.C. Pictured beneath the canopy, front row (left to right), are Queen Juliana, President Harry S. Truman, an unidentified District Commissioner, Prince Bernhard, and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman. See album - 66-8049 through 8115. From: Arthur Marasco.

4-3/8" x 3" Kodachrome print of President Truman and Mrs. Truman standing in a room of what probably is the Blair House. From: Museum Collection #93.12 (items found inside locked credenza in Harry S. Truman's working office at Truman Library).

4-3/8" x 3" Kodachrome print of Bess Truman sitting at the dinner table in the dining room of what probably is the Blair House. From: Museum Collection #93.12 (items found inside locked credenza in Harry S. Truman's working office at Truman Library).

From left to right, President of Venezuela Romulo Gallegos, First Lady Bess Truman, unidentified woman, and President Harry S. Truman, wave from the back of the Presidential Train. They are in Bolivar, Missouri, for the dedication of the statue of Simon Bolivar.

President Harry S. Truman (third from the left) looks out over the New York Harbor from the destroyer Renshaw on Navy Day. In the background is the U.S.S. Missouri giving off a salute to the President. Also pictured is First Lady Bess Truman (to the right of her husband). Other people in the photograph are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (foreground, second from right) are arriving at the White House to reoccupy the building after the massive renovation project is completed. They arrived at 6:20 in the evening. All others present are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) speaks with Romulo Gallegos (left), President of Venezuela, at an airport in 1948. First Lady Bess Truman (fourth from right) speaks with others behind. All others in photograph are unidentified.