Portraits

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.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of an older Sarah D. Gates, great grandmother of Bess Truman (See 2009-1438 for earlier photo.) A metal name tag from the wooden frame in which the photo was displayed is stored with the photo. From: Truman Home.

Portrait of Helen Wallace as a young woman (Bess Truman's cousin). From: Truman home.

Head and shoulders portrait of an older Elizabeth Emery Gates, grandmother of Bess Truman.

Portrait of Elizabeth Emery Gates, grandmother of Bess Truman. Same as 82-144 and 2009-1580. This was in a billfold with two other portraits of Elizabeth Emery Gates. It was cut into an oval shape. A handwritten card was found behind this photograph from Bess Truman to her daughter ("For Marg - "Mama" Gates your great grandmother").

Portrait of an older Elizabeth Emery Gates, grandmother of Bess Truman. This was found in a three way billfold with two other portraits of her. A handwritten note found behind the photo was from Bess Truman to her brother, Frank Wallace ("Frank, Mr. Avery sent this note with the picture and I know you will be interested in it. There was no charge. Sis"). There were also two notes from a Mr. Avery about a stamp (Internal Revenue, 3 cent) found with the photo. One of the notes says the photo was mailed in 1861, probably referring to photo 2009-1582.

Full-length studio portrait of an unknown boy (possibly brother of Madge Gates and uncle of Bess Truman), perhaps seven to eight years of age, dressed in a suit and high-top shoes. From: Truman Home.