Portraits

Head-and-shoulders portrait of David W. Wallace (father of Bess Wallace) done with a soft pencil or charcoal medium. (Original in oversize drawer). From: Truman Home.

Water-color type portrait of baby Bess Wallace in christening dress (Original in oversize drawer, 13.5x17.75 inches). From: Truman Home.

Formal profile portrait of President Harry S. Truman. The matte is signed by the photographer, Leon A. Perskie. (Original photograph is in oversize file, 10.5x13.5 inches). From: Truman Home.

Head-and-shoulders formal portrait of President Harry S. Truman sitting at a desk. The matte is signed by the photographer, Leon A. Perskie. (Original photograph is in oversize file, 10.25x13.5 inches). From: Truman Home.

Head-and-shoulders formal portrait of President Harry S. Truman. The matte is signed by the photographer, Leon A. Perskie. (Original photograph is in oversize file, 10.25x13.5 inches). From: Truman Home.

Formal portrait of Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley.

Lovely head and shoulders portrait of Madge Gates Wallace, mother of Bess Truman. She is probably in her thirties. Taken at the same time as photograph 87-136.

Black, oval shaped matte containing small portraits of individuals pasted around in a circle. The small portraits show the young people wearing various hats. Left to right, clockwise around matte, beginning at top left: Unidentified girl, Frank Wallace, Helen Bryant, Unidentified boy, Bess Wallace, Frank Wallace, unidentified girl, Bess Wallace, Helen Bryant, unidentified girl, unidentified boy, Helen Bryant, and Frank Wallace.

Bess Truman, sitting on a chair, looks up from a book she to smile for the camera. (See 2009-1571 for photo taken the same day with Wallace relatives.) From: Truman Home.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Bess Truman (See also 59-794, which is autographed August, 1957, and 67-937). From: Truman Home.