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Students and Instructors at Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri

A group photo of students and instructors at Stephens College, a women's college, in Columbia, Missouri. Among those pictures are Nancy Bentley (third row from the top, third from the right); Lutie Major (third row from the top, fourth from the right); Mary Pace (third row from the top, left); and Mary Martha Truman (fourth row from the top, second from left). Mary Martha Truman is Harry S. Truman's aunt.

Bess Wallace and Others in Tableau at the Wallace Home

A group of two young men and two young women pose for a photograph as part of a tableau or play. In the center, Frank Wallace is riding a wooden frame "horse" as the others tip the "horse" back. Bess Wallace is at the right; all others are unidentified. A dog is standing off to the right. They are in the yard of the Wallace home at 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri. This is possibly related to the "St. Agnes Guild," a group of friends of Bess Wallace who presented an outdoor play for children (see "Remembering Delaware Street" by Elizabeth Paxton Forsley).

House Party at Truman Farm

House Party at the Truman farm home, Christmas 1911. Front row: Robert Truman Ragland; Mary Ethel Noland; Second row: Luella Campbell Truman; Homer Pittinger; Nellie Noland; Mary Colgan; Callie Campbell; Back row: Mary Jane Truman. Man standing next to window is unidentified. Martha Ellen Truman can be seen inside the house, looking out the window.

Wallace Family at Home

Bess Wallace (seated on the floor, center) and her family in the parlor of her grandfather's home at 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri. Bess' mother, Madge Gates Wallace, is on the left. Her brothers, Frank and George Wallace are in the center. An unidentified man is seated on the right, possibly one of the brothers of Madge Gates Wallace. From: Truman Home.