First ladies

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, Stanley Woodward, and President Harry S. Truman at a picnic lunch at the Little White House, Key West, Florida. Snapshot was probably taken by Margaret Truman.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman seated on a patio with three of her friends at Shangri-La, in Maryland. L to R: Mrs. William (Louise) Duke, Mrs. Tom (Adelaide) Twyman, Mrs. Kenneth (Mary) Bostian. Shangri-La later became Camp David.

Former President Harry S. Truman with family and friends at the groundbreaking at the Harry S. Truman Library. L to R: Basil O'Connor, Former President Harry S. Truman, Former First Lady Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, Mary Jane Truman, Elmer Ellis, and others. Donor: Dorothy Feeback.

President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess Truman and daughter Margaret Truman arriving in Washington, D. C. Truman's handwriting is in lower left corner. Same as 68-1693.

(Written on back of snapshot, in Margaret Truman's handwriting) "Mother [Bess Wallace Truman] in yard of Little White House, Key West, Nov. 29th, 1949." The snapshot was evidently taken by Margaret Truman.

(Written on back of snapshot, in Margaret Truman's handwriting) "Mother [Bess Wallace Truman] in yard of Little White House, Key West, Nov. 29th, 1949."

First Lady Betty Ford unveils the statuette to present to Senator Stuart Symington (of Missouri) for the Public Service Award from the city of Independence, Missouri. The ceremony is held at the Harry S. Truman Library.

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman at the 1949 Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C. From left to right: unidentified man, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, Ms. Perle Mesta, President Truman, Margaret Truman, Inaugural Ball Co-Chairman Edgar Morris, and Arthur Bergman.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, left) leaves after giving a speech at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) conference at the Lincoln Memorial. He is accompanied by (front row) Eleanor Roosevelt and Walter White, president of the NAACP; General Harry Vaughan and Captain James Foskett (second row, left to right); Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson and Senator Wayne Morse (third row, left to right, Vinson partly obscured by Foskett); and Attorney General Tom Clark (behind and to the left of Senator Morse in the bow tie).

Former President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family leave the Truman Library after paying their respects to the late Former President Harry S. Truman. With former President Johnson are his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, his daughter Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and her husband Charles Robb, and his other daughter Luci Baines Johnson Nugent with her husband Patrick J. Nugent.