First ladies

Dignitaries meet with the Dowager Marchioness of Reading after she received the National Achievement Award at ceremonies in New York City. From left to right; Lady Iverchapel, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Lady Reading, and Lord Archibald Clark Kerr, Baron Iverchapel.

President Harry S. Truman and first Lady Bess W. Truman attend a reception held in their honor by the Congressional Club. From left to right stand Margaret Truman, Bess Truman, President Truman, Mrs. Clifford Davis (President of the Congressional Club), and Representative Clifford Davis.

President Harry S. Truman (center) is leaving the White House with First Lady Bess W. Truman (left), and daughter Margaret Truman (right). They are traveling to the Capitol Building so that President Truman can deliver his State of the Union address.

President Harry S. Truman (left) sits in the back of a convertible with his wife Bess (center) and his daughter Margaret (right) while on vacation in Key West Florida. From the scrapbook of Matt Connelly, volume 7.

President Harry S. Truman (center) sits with his wife Bess Truman (left) and daughter Margaret Truman (right) on the lawn of the Little White House during vacation in Key West, Florida. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4. See also image 64-425.

A picnic lunch is served to President Harry S. Truman and members of his staff on the lawn at the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. The President sits in the back of the circle in the center of the picture, to his left is Bess Truman. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

Surrounded by a crowd of fans, President Harry S. Truman enjoys the Army-Navy football game at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Seated to his left are his wife, Bess Truman, Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. Also present is Averell Harriman (seated, left); General Harry Vaughan (behind President Truman, mostly obscured); and General Robert Landry (behind Bess). All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 6.

President Harry S. Truman and members of staff gather to pose for a picture while on vacation in Key West, Florida. The party is shown on the lawn at Truman's vacation residence, the Little White House, on the naval base. Front row is Miss Margaret Truman. Seated in the second row from left to right: Press Secretary Charles Ross, First Lady Bess Truman, President Truman, John Steelman, and William Hassett. Standing in the back row from left to right: Colonel Cornelius J. Mara, General Harry Vaughan, Matt Connelly, Stanley Woodward, and Admiral Robert Dennison.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and wife Bess (left) talk with an unidentified man while they are attending the dedication of the Sesquicentennial Amphitheater at Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 6.

President Harry S. Truman and his family host members of his staff for a picnic lunch on the grounds of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Seated in the circle from left to right: General Harry Vaughan, Press Secretary Charles Ross (mostly obscured), President Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Stanley Woodward, Margaret Truman, William Hassett, Matthew Connelly, and two unidentified men. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.