First ladies

President Harry S. Truman (right front), Mrs. Bess Truman, and cabinet members leave the Capitol today after the President addressed a Joint Session of the House and Senate. Left to Right: Front, Secretary of State George Marshall; Bess Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; and the President. Back: Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Attorney General Tom Clark; and Charles Ross, Press Secretary to the President. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Truman (left), and their daughter, Margaret, stand beside a car upon leaving the south entrance of the White House today to ride to the Capitol for the President's address on the State of the Union before a Joint Session of Congress. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman strums imaginary keys at Constitution Hall tonight as he describes a Chopin waltz, A flat Opus 62, he would like for pianist Jose Iturbi (left) to play during the latter's recital. Watching are Drucie Snyder, daughter of Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Margaret Truman; and First Lady Bess Truman. From: Houston Post.

Aboard the USS Missouri at sea, the President, a land-lubber, is right pleased with himself as he poses in what he calls his six-star Admiral's cap" aboard the USS Missouri. Mrs. Truman (right) for her part, prefers a tropical pith helmet." From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Truman, and daughter Margaret stand on the deck as they watch the return of the USS Missouri's scouting planes September 15 during the presidential trip from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Norfolk, Virginia. Same as 69-325, only this photo is not airbrushed. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Truman listen as daughter Margaret (left) appears to be going over a selection at the Constitution Hall Reception Room tonight, at which the President had requested pianist Jose Iturbi play at the latter's recital. The Truman's met Iturbi prior to the program, the President requesting a Chopin waltz, A flat Opus 62. From: Houston Post.

Escorted by two masked members of the Krewe of Moslem, First Lady Bess Truman and Margaret Truman walk across the ballroom floor at the Ball of Moslem held in New Orleans. The two Air Force officers in the background acted as escorts and were also featured in the Ball, which depicted wings and birds. From Houston Post.

Upon arrival at Washington after a fourteen-day trip to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Cuba, and Key West, Florida, President Harry S. Truman clasps the arms of Margaret (left) and Bess (right). From: Houston Post.

A photograph of Bess Truman sitting in the library at Blair House. Note on the back reads: "Jan 1949 Mother in Library of Blair House."

President Harry S. Truman (fourth from left) campaigns from the back of a train in California. His daughter Margaret (fifth from left) stands with him, as do his wife Bess (sixth from left), and James Roosevelt (seventh from left). All others are unidentified. Taken from the campaign scrapbook of HST.