Politicians' spouses

Portrait of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (right) and her daughter Margaret Truman (right) taken when Harry S. Truman was a Senator.

Bess Wallace Truman (right) and daughter Margaret (left) read together at home.

Harry S. Truman, and his wife, Bess Truman, receive telegrams congratulating him on his United States Senate election victory over Senator Roscoe C. Patterson. Same as 68-1659.

From Left to right, Margaret Truman, Estelle (Mrs. Roger T.) Sermon, Mrs. Bess Truman, Senator Harry S. Truman, and Roger T. Sermon stand outside of the Truman home.

Senator Harry S. Truman (left) and his wife, Bess Wallace Truman (right) making breakfast.

Senator Harry S. Truman (left) and Mrs. Bess Truman (right) seated at a table reading papers. The word "proof" is stamped across the photograph.

Senator Harry S. Truman (left) is placing bread in a toaster, while Bess Truman (background, right) looks on. She is standing at the stove in the kitchen, appearing to stir something in a pan. A Fiesta-ware pitcher sits on the counter. The word "proof" is stamped across the front of this photograph.

Governor Thomas E. Dewey and Frances Dewey are surrounded by cameramen as they ride on a ferry boat in San Francisco Bay with the Bay Bridge in the background. The photo is captioned, "The next president travels by ferry boat over the broad waters of San Francisco Bay." Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

An 11 x 14 superior pose of Senator Harry S. Truman, Bess and Margaret in their 80-year-old, 14-room home in Independence, Missouri.

Photograph of Mrs. Charles F. Brannan, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture.