Presidential family

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a young Madge Gates Wallace, mother of Bess Wallace Truman. From: John Elliott

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a young Madge Gates Wallace, mother of Bess Wallace Truman From: John Elliott.

Portrait of Jessamine Wallace, formerly Jessamine Young, mother of Theodore Boulware Wallace (who married Myra Gates, sister of Madge Gates Wallace). From: John Elliott

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Grandmother Jessamine Wallace, formerly Jessamine Young, mother of Theodore Boulware Wallace (who married Myra Gates, sister of Madge Gates Wallace). From: John Elliott

Head-and-should portrait of Jessamine Young Wallace, mother of Theodore Boulware Wallace (who married Myra Gates, sister of Madge Gates). From: John Elliott.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Theodore Boulware Wallace, husband of Myra Gates Wallace (sister of Madge Gates Wallace). From: John Elliott.

Profile portrait of Theodore Boulware Wallace, husband of Myra Gates Wallace (sister of Madge Gates Wallace). From: John Elliott

Left to right: George Wallace, Helen Wallace, and Maud Louise Wells sit on the steps of the front porch of the George Porterfield Gates home at 219 N. Delaware, Independence Missouri. George Wallace is Bess Wallace's brother. Helen Wallace is the child of Myra Gates Wallace, Madge Gates' sister, and Maud Louise Wells is the daughter of Maud Gates Wells, Madge Gates' other sister. From: John Elliott.

Informal portrait of Helen Wallace, probably two or three years of age, with her hands raised and holding on to her hair. Helen Wallace, Bess Truman's cousin from Kansas City, is the child of Myra Gates Wallace, Madge Gates' sister, who married Theodore Boulware Wallace. From: John Elliott.

Former President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with David Truman, Bess Truman's nephew, as Mr. Truman prepares to board a Continental airplane at the Denver airport on his way back to Kansas City. From: Found in a box of miscellaneous photographs in the audiovisual area.