First ladies

On the docks at Naples, Italy, during his European tour, former President Harry S. Truman (left) walks by an ocean liner with an unidentified official of the American Export Lines. Behind him are Mrs. Samuel Rosenman (left) and Bess Truman. (From original slide SL2612) From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman, Mrs. Samuel Rosenman (center), and former President Harry S. Truman lunch outdoors at the Chateau Madrid, Italy, during their 1958 European tour. (From original slide SL2618) From: Truman Home.

Left to right, Bess Truman, Mrs. Sam Rosenman, Former President Truman, and Sam Rosenman lunch outdoors at the Chateau Madrid, Italy, during their 1958 European tour. (From original slide SL2619) From: Truman Home.

Secretary of the Interior, Oscar Chapman (head of receiving line), and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (second in line, partly obscured) greet Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (back to camera, second from right) and Princess Elizabeth (back to camera, right) while President Harry S. Truman (right) looks on. Also pictured, back to camera: Margaret Truman (left); and First Lady Bess W. Truman (second from left). Under Secretary of State, James E. Webb, stands in center in the receiving line. All others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and President Harry S. Truman are introduced to Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh by John F. Simmons, Chief of Protocol (behind Princess Elizabeth) at Washington National Airport. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, third from left) introduces President of France Vincent Auriol (foreground, third from right) to First Lady Bess W. Truman (foreground, second from left) and Margaret Truman (foreground, left). Also pictured, foreground: Madame Michelle Auriol (second from right) and John F. Simmons, Chief of Protocol (right). Background, left to right: General Robert Landry; Admiral Robert Dennison; General Harry Vaughan; and French Ambassador Henri Bonnet (partly obscured). From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Edgar Morris, President of the Washington Board of Trade (at podium) gives a welcoming address for President Auriol of France. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet, Vice President Alben Barkley, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, President Harry S. Truman, French President Vincent Auriol, District Commissioner John R. Young, unidentified (behind Morris), First Lady Bess W.

From left to right: First Lady Bess W. Truman; Margaret Truman; Mrs. Marian Truitt; Vice President Alben Barkley; and President Harry S. Truman at the Truman-Barkley Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: District Commissioner Guy Mason; unidentified; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Margaret Truman; and President Harry S. Truman greet the crowd from the back of the President's train after returning to Washington, D.C. from the Western campaign trip. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (back seat of car, left) and Vice President Alben Barkley (back seat of car, right) greet the crowds lining Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. after winning the 1948 Presidential election. Also pictured is Senator J. Howard McGrath (back seat, center). In the center row of the car: First Lady Bess W. Truman (left); Margaret Truman (center); and Marian (Mrs. Max) Truitt (right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook