First ladies

Former President Harry S. Truman cutting a slice from a huge birthday cake on the occasion of his 70th birthday dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria, a fund raising event for the Harry S. Truman Library. Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Bess Truman are in background at left; Margaret Truman is at right.

Left to right: Harry and Bess Truman, and an unidentified man at Rabbi Samuel Thurman's anniversary dinner.

President Harry S. Truman (left) boards the presidential yacht for a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia where he will receive an Honorary Degree from William and Mary College. Also traveling with him are his daughter Margaret (center) and First Lady Bess W. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (center) is greeted at the airport in Washington, D. C. by his daughter Margaret (left) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (right). He returning from a vacation trip to Key West, Florida.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (seated, left) attends a Christmas Bag Party at the Central Union Mission where she presents gifts to five-year-olds Carl Eager, Jr. (foreground, center) and Jean Copeland (foreground, right). Others in the background are unidentified.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (seated, left) attends a Christmas Bag Party at the Central Union Mission where she presents gifts to five-year-olds Carl Eager, Jr. (foreground, center) and Jean Copeland (foreground, right).

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.