Portraits

Reathel Odum poses on the sidewalk in front of her rooming house on Harvard Street in Washington, D.C. At this time, she served as a secretary to Senator Harry S. Truman.

Reathel Odum sits on the front steps of her rooming house on Harvard Street in Washington, D.C. At this time, Ms. Odum was secretary to Senator Harry S. Truman.

Reathel Odum sits on a bench by a fountain in Washington, D.C. At this time, Ms. Odum was secretary to Senator Harry S. Truman.

Reathel Odum poses in front of a stone wall in Washington, D.C. At this time, she was a secretary to Senator Harry S. Truman.

Informal profile portrait of Reathel Odum.

Portrait of Bess Wallace, wearing a long light-colored gown and picture hat, carrying a parasol. She is posing next to a rosebush in the yard of her home at 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri.

Snapshot of Bess Wallace wearing a hat, taken from the back. This photo was taken in a photo booth machine. This photo is attached in a strip to 82-95-01 and 82-95-02. From: Truman Home.

Snapshot of Bess Wallace wearing a hat, taken in a photo booth machine. This photo is attached in a strip to 82-95-01 and 82-95-03. From: Truman Home.

Snapshot of Bess Wallace, taken in a photo booth machine. This photo is attached in a strip to 82-95-02 and 82-95-03. From: Truman Home.

A young woman, possibly Reathel Odum, poses for a picture in the yard of a house.