First ladies

A small casual photo of the First Lady at Blair House. She is seated on a chaise lounge.

Left to right: former President Harry S. Truman; Mrs. Samuel Rosenman; former First Lady Bess Truman; and former New York Supreme Court Justice Samuel I. Rosenman, photographed near a plane. The Rosenman's are ready to depart on a Pan Am flight to the Far East.

Color photo of (left to right) Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh), Margaret Truman, Bess Truman, Princess Elizabeth, and President Harry S. Truman prior to a banquet given in honor of the royal couple during a visit to the United States. (See 59-5 for a similar black-and-white photo.)

This is a portrait of First Lady Bess Wallace Truman and Margaret Truman at Blair House. The White House is in the process of being repaired at this time in 1948.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman at an Army Navy Football Game. They are in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Former First Lady Bess Truman, with a fur coat draped over her arm, poses outside her church (Trinity Episcopal Church) on Easter Sunday. From: Truman Home.

Former First Lady Bess Truman (right) helps celebrate former President Harry S. Truman's 80th birthday at the RLDS Auditorium in Independence, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman, former First Lady Bes Truman, and their daughter, Margaret Truman Daniel with son William Wallace Daniel are at the dolphin tank in Duck Key, Florida.

Former President Harry S. Truman and the former First Lady Bess Truman shakes hands with Orville Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture, and Averell Harriman, during a tribute to former President Truman. The former President was being acknowledged for being a farmer by the Farmers of America. The event was in the RLDS Auditorium in Independence, Missouri. An 80th birthday cake for Mr. Truman is in the background.

Former President Harry S. Truman extending his hand, as he and First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson walk in a reception line. They were in Greece for the funeral of King Paul.