First ladies

Fort Worth Star-Telegram publisher Amon G. Carter, Margaret Truman, Minnie Meacham Carter, and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman stand to leave a platform during a campaign event in Fort Worth, Texas. All others are unidentified.

Texas Governor Beauford Jester speaks from a lectern at a campaign event for President Harry S. Truman in Fort Worth, Texas. Seated behind Governor Jester are Fort Worth Star-Telegram publisher Amon G. Carter, President Truman, and Congressman Sam Rayburn (front row, from the left), Creekmore Fath (front row, right), Margaret Truman, Minnie Meacham Carter, and First Lady Bess W. Truman (back row). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from behind a podium with radio microphones on a campaign platform during a campaign tour of Syracuse, New York. First Lady Bess W. Truman (right, standing under umbrella) and unidentified supporters join President Truman on the platform.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, at right) speaks with an unidentified man holding a Stetson hat box during a campaign event in Fort Worth, Texas. Governor Beauford Jester of Texas is seated at left, and First Lady Bess Truman is seated in the second row at far right. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right, walking down steps) exits the First Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas, after attending Sunday church services. Also present are Governor Beauford H. Jester of Texas (left, walking down steps), First Lady Bess W. Truman (obscured, behind President Truman), and Margaret Truman. All others are unidentified. The Trumans stopped in San Antonio during a campaign tour of Texas.

First Lady Bess Truman (left) is greeted by Fort Worth Star-Telegram publisher Amon G. Carter and Minnie Meacham Carter during a campaign event outside of T&P Station in Fort Worth, Texas.

President Harry S. Truman (left, seated in car), Margaret Truman (center, seated in car), and First Lady Bess Truman (right, seated in car) prepare to leave the First Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas by car, after attending services. Others in the photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left, seated in car), Margaret Truman (center, seated in car), and First Lady Bess Truman (right, seated in car) prepare to leave the First Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas by car, after attending services. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, President Vincent Auriol, First Lady Bess Truman, and Madame Michelle Auriol on the steps of Blair House. Both women hold bouquets of roses. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Vincent Auriol, President of the French Republic to the United States of America, March 28 to April 4, 1951"

First Lady Bess Truman and Madame Michelle Auriol watch festivities side by side on the parade reviewing stand. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Vincent Auriol, President of the French Republic to the United States of America, March 28 to April 4, 1951"