First ladies

First Lady Bess W. Truman (left) and Margaret Truman after Margaret's return from her European trip.

Professor Ramon Ramos (first row, seventh from left) with all the members of his Spanish class. Also pictured: Augusta (Mrs. Clarence) Goodwin (first row, sixth from left); First Lady Bess W. Truman (first row, sixth from right); and Mrs. Truman's Personal Secretary, Reathel Odum (second row; right). All others unidentified. Photo is autographed at the bottom: "To Reathel Odum with kindest regards Naomi Nover."

Ramon Ramos (standing by the blackboard) teaches a Spanish Class at the White House for wives of government officials. Seated, from left to right, are Mamie (Mrs. Dwight D.) Eisenhower, Margaret (Mrs. Robert) Patterson, Maryon (Mrs. Lester B.) Pearson, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and Josephine (Mrs. Hugo L.) Black. Standing, from left to right, are Miss Florence King, Mrs. Williams H. Davis, Miss Reathel Odum, Representative Jessie Sumner of Illinois, Priscilla (Mrs. John L.) Sullivan, Augusta (Mrs. Clarence N.) Goodwin, and an unidentified woman.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (obscured, in center) walks through a building with unidentified women. All others unidentified.

First Lady Nancy Reagan (second from left) hosts a luncheon at the White House. Also pictured: Reathel Odum (sixth from left, obscured). All others unidentified.

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman (first row, center) autographing a baseball for a young boy. First row, left to right: First Lady Bess W. Truman; President Truman; and Admiral William Leahy. Second row: Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (center); and William Hassett, Correspondence Secretary to the President (right). All others unidentified.

Former Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder (left) visits Bess W. Truman and former President Harry S. Truman at their home.

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman and others standing for the National Anthem at a baseball game. First row, left to right: Reathel Odum; First Lady Bess W. Truman; President Harry S. Truman; and Admiral William Leahy. Second row: Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (third from left); and William Hassett, Correspondence Secretary to the President (fourth from left). Standing in the third row, directly behind Admiral Leahy is Senator Arthur Vandenberg. All others unidentified.

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman (standing, left) as he throws out a baseball from the crowd during a baseball game. Also pictured: First Lady Bess W. Truman (first row, left). Standing beside President Truman is Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators. Seated on the right in the front row is Charles Ross, President Truman's Press Secretary. Seated behind Mr. Ross is Major General Harry Vaughan, President Truman's military aide. All others unidentified.

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman (standing, left) shakes hands with a player during a baseball game. Also pictured: First Lady Bess W. Truman (first row, left); Admiral William Leahy (first row, right); and Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (second row, between Mrs. and President Truman). All others unidentified.