First ladies

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.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at desk) announces the surrender of Japan to reporters assembled in the Oval Office. Seated on couch, left to right: Reathel Odum; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Samuel Rosenman, Special Counsel; and John W. Snyder, Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Also pictured: Secretary of State James Byrnes (behind President Truman, right). Journalist Vivianne Lovell of Agence France-Presse stands in the striped dress in the front row, center of the reporters. Signed by President Truman and John Snyder.

President Harry S. Truman (seated left, back seat) and Vice President Alben Barkley (seated right, back seat) wave to the crowds and photographers from the motorcade during their return to Washington after the 1948 Presidential election. Seated between them is Democratic National Committee Chairman J. Howard McGrath. Second row, left to right: First Lady Bess W. Truman; Margaret Truman; and Marian (Mrs. Max) Truitt, daughter of Vice President Barkley. All others unidentified.

Left to right: Vice President Alben W. Barkley; Marian Barkley Truitt; Margaret Truman; First Lady Bess W. Truman; and President Harry S. Truman return to the White House after the 1948 Presidential election. Also pictured: General Harry Vaughan (behind Mrs. Truman, left). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated left, back seat) and Vice President Alben Barkley (seated right, back seat) wave to the crowd from the motorcade during their return to Washington after the 1948 Presidential election. Also pictured: First Lady Bess W. Truman (second row, left); Margaret Truman (second row, second from left); and Democratic National Committee Chairman J. Howard McGrath (center, back seat). All others unidentified.