First ladies

Oval head-and-shoulders formal portrait of Bess Truman by Hessler Studio. Similar to 59-794. From: Truman Home.

Mrs. Eileen Nolte (left), Census Enumerator, interviews President Harry S. Truman and Bess and Margaret Truman on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. (See 64-448.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

Mrs. Eileen Nolte (left), Census Enumerator, interviews President Harry S. Truman and Bess and Margaret Truman on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. (See also 64-448.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

Mrs. Eileen Nolte (left) Census Enumerator, interviews President Harry S. Truman, Bess and Margaret on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. (See also 64-448.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Mrs. Eileen Nolte (left), Census Enumerator, interviews President Harry S. Truman, Bess, and Margaret Truman on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. (See 64-448.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Oval head-and-shoulders formal portrait of Bess Truman wearing a dark dress with pearls (See also 59-794). From: Truman Home.

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.