Presidential family

Portrait of Madge Gates, mother of Bess Wallace Truman.

Bess Wallace as a young woman seated on porch rail of her family's home at 219 N. Delaware in Independence, Missouri. From: Truman house, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

George Wallace (brother of Bess Wallace Truman), in his late teens, standing in a yard. From: Truman house, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

Frank Wallace seated in the yard of 219 N. Delaware, now known as the Truman home. From: Truman house, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

Frank Wallace standing in the yard at 219 N. Delaware, later known as the Truman Home. From: Truman house, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

Frank (left) and George Wallace, (brothers of Bess Wallace Truman), sitting in a yard wearing straw hats. From: Truman house, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

Vacationers at Pertle Springs, Missouri, a resort near Warrensburg. Left to right: Bess Wallace; unidentified woman; Natalie Wallace; May Wallace; George Wallace; Frank Wallace; and an unidentified man. From: Truman house, an album entitled "Postal Souvenirs."

Left to right: Bess Wallace, Natalie Wallace, and three unidentified women at a resort called Pertle Springs, Missouri. From: Truman house, from an album entitled "Postal Souvenirs."

Bess Wallace and others are eating watermelon in the backyard of 219 N. Delaware. Left to right: Fred Wallace (little boy); Ethel Noland; Nellie Noland (cousins of Harry S. Truman); Frank Wallace; Bess Wallace; George Wallace; and Will Boger.

Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified young woman, possibly a member of the Wallace family, in a dark dress with lace collar, seated in a chair. The photo is in a velvet-lined, embellished leather case. (Companion photo to 2009-1610 and 1612) From: Truman Home.