First ladies

Left to right: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, Women's Day Chairman; Katie Louchheim, Vice Chairwoman, Democratic National Committee; former First Lady Bess W. Truman; Corinne "Lindy" Boggs, President, Womens' National Democratic Committee; and an unidentified woman on Democratic Women's Day.

On their way to Italy and France, former President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Mrs. Samuel Rosenman on the bridge of the ocean liner U.S.S. Independence taking a look at the volcano on the Azores Islands, Portugal. Left to right are: Former President Truman, Mrs. Samuel Rosenman, Bess Truman, the Captain, and an unidentified photographer. (From original slide SL2616.) From: Truman Home.

Former President Harry S. Truman (at left), Mrs. Samuel Rosenman, and Bess Truman (blue dress, partially obscured) on the bridge of the liner S.S. Independence looking at the volcano on the Azores Islands, Portugal. Left to right are: Mr. Truman, Mrs. Rosenman, an unidentified photographer, Captain of the Independence, and Bess Truman. (From original slide SL2609). From: Truman Home.

A guide (center) points out the ruins of Herculaneum, an ancient city near Naples which was destroyed by lava from Mt. Vesuvius, to former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman, standing behind Mr. Truman. On their left is Dorothy Rosenman. The Trumans and Rosenmans vacationed together in Europe. (From original slide SL2613.) From: Truman Home.

Snapshot of Bess Truman sits in an easy chair, book in hand, beside a fireplace at Blair House, Washington, D.C. From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman sits in an easy chair, book in hand, beside a fireplace at Blair House, Washington, D.C. From: Truman Home.

A group of women at the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Pictured, first row: former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (second from left); former First Lady Bess W. Truman (third from left); Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (fifth from left); and Lady Bird (Mrs. Lyndon B.) Johnson (sixth from left). All others unidentified.

A group of women at the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Pictured, first row: former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (second from left); former First Lady Bess W. Truman (third from left); Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (fifth from left); and Lady Bird (Mrs. Lyndon B.) Johnson (sixth from left). All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial during ceremonies commemorating Lincoln's Birthday. From left to right: two unidentified men, President Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Admiral Robert Dennison, General Robert Landry, and General Harry Vaughan.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and President Eurico Dutra of Brazil (left) behind a podium at Washington National Airport, giving a speech for the crowd after Dutra's arrival in the United States. First Lady Bess W. Truman is the second woman from the right at the bottom of the podium. All others are unidentified.