First ladies

Bess Truman and Harry S. Truman stand with Judge Samuel I. Rosenman outside the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. They arrived for the film premiere of the musical show "Oklahoma."

first Lady Bess W. Truman (center) poses with Thomas W. McWhirter, District Supervisor, Atlanta, Georgia, and Mrs. Eileen M. Nolte, Census Enumerator, at the Seaplane Base, Key West, Florida, where they will interview the First Family for the 1950 Census while they are on vacation in Key West. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

This is a photograph of First Lady Bess Truman and Margaret Truman.

President Harry S. Truman is standing on stage at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Foreground, from left to right: Marian Barkley Truitt, President Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and Margaret Truman. Others in the background are unidentified. This is a photo taken of a television screen. From the Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

Dignitaries gather at the stage for President Harry S. Truman's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. From left to right are First Lady Bess Truman, President Truman, Marian Barkley Truitt, Senator Alben Barkley, and Representative Sam Rayburn. This is a photo taken of a television screen. All others are unidentified. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (left), First Lady Bess W. Truman (second from left), and Margaret Truman (behind Mr. Truman, partly obscured) are walking through a building, past a line of well-wishers, during a campaign stop in Denver, Colorado. All others are unidentified. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman and family wave to supporters from the rear of the presidential train in Des Moines, Iowa during the 1948 presidential campaign. From left to right are: Iowa Governor Robert D. Blue, Democratic candidate for Iowa Governor Carrol Switzer, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman. Others in the background are unidentified. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Standing next to him is Vice Presidential candidate, Senator Alben Barkley. Visible behind Mr. Barkley is First Lady Bess W. Truman. All others are unidentified. This is a photo taken of a television screen. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

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 USS Missouri giving off a salute to the President. Also pictured is First Lady Bess Truman (to the right of her husband) and Admiral Jonas Ingram (left). Other people in the photograph are unidentified.

From left to right, First Lady Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and President Harry S. Truman are greeted by Captain Cecil Adell as they step off the plane at the Boca Chica airport in Florida. The President and family will continue on to Key West to begin their vacation. Visible in the background, second from the right, is Press Secretary Charles Ross. All others are unidentified.