First ladies

President Harry S. Truman and Bess and Margaret Truman relax on rattan chairs on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, during the President's post-election vacation. (Similar to 2012-538, 64-425, 74-345 and 346) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 transparency.

Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (center right) and former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower (center) and unidentified man walk through a military presentation at the dedication of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas. All others are unidentified.

Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (center right) and former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower (center) are standing the lobby of the Library building at the dedication of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas. Others in the group are unidentified.

Portrait of First Lady Bess W. Truman

Former President Harry S. Truman (center, on right side of podium) with his wife Bess (second from center) and daughter Margaret (third from center) and his sister Mary Jane Truman (second from right) are seated on the stage at the ground breaking ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Sitting around them are also University of Missouri President Elmer Ellis (second from right), Basil O'Connor (behind Margaret, partly obscured), and unidentified other people.

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (center) at the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Behind Mrs. Roosevelt is Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and partly visible behind Mr. Johnson is Senator Stuart Symington. Partly obscured on the right is former First Lady Bess W. Truman. All others are unidentified.

University of Missouri President Dr. Elmer Ellis is speaking at the ground breaking ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. The Truman family is seated next to the podium: (left to right) Former President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mary Jane Truman. Also present is Alex Sachs (extreme right). All others are unidentified.

University of Missouri President Dr. Elmer Ellis is speaking at the ground breaking ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. The Truman family is seated next to the podium: (left to right) Former President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mary Jane Truman. Also present is Alex Sachs (extreme right). All others are unidentified.

Chief Justice Earl Warren (left), Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (center), and Senator William Knowland (right) are sitting in the front row at the dedication ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Seated behind Mrs. Roosevelt and Mr. Knowland is former Attorney General James McGranery. Seated in the top row are, from left to right: unidentified man, unidentified woman in red hat, Orville Freeman, Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan, and Averell Harriman. All others are unidentified.

Basil O'Connor (at podium) speaks at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library dedication ceremony in Independence, Missouri. From left to right: three unidentified men, Charles Halleck (in front of man with the hat), Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, First Lady Bess W. Truman (in white hat, partly obscured by the podium), former President Herbert Hoover, former President Harry S. Truman, Mr.