First ladies

Mrs. Eileen Nolte (left), Census Enumerator, interviews President Harry S. Truman, Bess, and Margaret on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. (Photo in holdings printed backwards. This was scanned from the original negative.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

The First Family is interviewed and "counted" by Census Enumerator Mrs. Eileen M. Nolte on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. Left to right are Mrs. Nolte, Bess Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Margaret Truman. (Same as 67-2638) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

Still camera and newsreel photographers take pictures of President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Truman, and daughter Margaret on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, as they are interviewed by the Census Enumerator, Mrs. Eileen M. Nolte. (Same as 67-2637) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

Margaret and Bess Truman watch as departure ceremonies progress at the Naval Airfield, Boca Chica, Florida, as the first family sets a course for Washington, D.C. The man in the photo is unidentified. The Key West high school band played martial music during the ceremonies. (Same as 74-333). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Informal portrait of Bess Truman seated before a "secretary (desk)" writing a note.

This was the first formal family portrait of the Trumans taken at the White House after taking up residence following the death of former President Roosevelt. The Trumans posed for several photographers this date. (See also 66-1700.) From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right) hangs the Congressional Medal of Honor around the neck of General Jonathan Wainwright (foreground, right, standing near microphones) during a ceremony on the White House lawn. Others in photo are (from left to right) First Lady Bess W. Truman; Technical Sergeant Hubert Carroll, Wainwright's orderly; Mrs. Wainwright (black dress); Commander Jonathan Wainwright, V, and his wife (right and second from right respectively). Others in the background are unidentified.

The Harry S. Truman family standing in front of a car at Grandview, Missouri shortly before leaving by plane to Washington, D.C. From left to right: First Lady Bess Truman, Mrs. Martha E. Truman, Margaret Truman, and President Harry S. Truman. Donor: Clinton A. Brown

President Harry S. Truman (right) waves as he boards the "Sacred Cow," the special presidential plane, for a trip to Independence, Missouri. From left to right: Senator Alben W. Barkley, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Representative Noble J. Gregory, and President Truman. Donor: Clinton A. Brown

First Lady Bess Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Margaret Truman being photographed in wicker chairs on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, during the President's post-election vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.