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Bess Truman and others at a reception for Mrs. Truman held by the Spanish-Portuguese Study Group

Bess Truman (third from right), Mrs. Clarence N. Goodwin (right), and unidentified others pose for a photo during a reception held at the Pan American Union, Washington, D.C., in honor of Mrs. Truman, hosted by the White House Spanish-Portuguese Study Group, a Spanish class for high-ranking Government officials' wives, of which she was once a member. Mrs. Goodwin is the founder of the study group. From: Truman Home - Album "Presented to Mrs. Harry S. Truman by the White House Spanish-Portuguese Study Group". This album also includes a transcript of a speech by Mrs.

Bess Truman, Mrs. Clarence N. Goodwin, and others at a reception for Mrs. Truman held by the Spanish-Portuguese Study Group

Bess Truman shakes hands with an unidentified woman while Mrs. Clarence N. Goodwin (center) looks on. The occasion is a reception held at the Pan American Union, Washington, D.C., in honor of Mrs. Truman, hosted by the White House Spanish-Portuguese Study Group, a Spanish class for high-ranking Government officials' wives, of which she was once a member. From: Truman Home - Album "Presented to Mrs. Harry S. Truman by the White House Spanish-Portuguese Study Group." This album also contains a transcript of a speech by Mrs.

Bess Truman, Mrs. Clarence Goodwin and others in a receiving line at a Spanish-Portuguese Study Group reception

In a receiving line at a reception at the Pan American Union, Washington, D.C., held in honor of Bess Truman and hosted by the White House Spanish-Portuguese Study Group, a Spanish class for high-ranking Government officials' wives, of which she was once a member, Mrs. Truman shakes hands with an unidentified woman. Standing next to Mrs. Truman is Mrs. Clarence N. Goodwin, founder of the classes; the others are unidentified. From: Truman Home - Album "Presented to Mrs. Harry S.