First ladies

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman stands and waves at a campaign event in Fort Worth, Texas, as unidentified men and women seated around her applaud.

Margaret Truman (left) and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (second from right) are greeted by unidentified women during a campaign stop for President Harry S. Truman in Rhode Island.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (right) speaks with two unidentified women during a campaign visit for President Harry S. Truman to Rhode Island.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from behind a podium on a campaign platform while campaigning in Syracuse, New York. First Lady Bess W. Truman (second from right) looks on from the platform. All others are unidentified.

Texas Governor Beauford Jester speaks from behind a podium at a campaign event for President Harry S. Truman in Fort Worth, Texas. Also present behind Governor Jester are Congressman Lyndon Johnson (front row, left), President Harry S. Truman and Congressman Sam Rayburn (fourth and fifth from the left), Creekmore Fath (front row, third from right), Margaret Truman (back row, fourth from left), and First Lady Bess W. Truman (back row, sixth from left). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman descends the campaign platform, followed by First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, an unidentified woman, and Margaret Truman during a campaign tour in Forth Worth, Texas. All others are unidentified.

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.