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Spanish Class

Professor Ramon Ramos (first row, seventh from left) with all the members of his Spanish class. Also pictured: Augusta (Mrs. Clarence) Goodwin (first row, sixth from left); First Lady Bess W. Truman (first row, sixth from right); and Mrs. Truman's Personal Secretary, Reathel Odum (second row; right). All others unidentified. Photo is autographed at the bottom: "To Reathel Odum with kindest regards Naomi Nover."

White House Spanish Class

Ramon Ramos (standing by the blackboard) teaches a Spanish Class at the White House for wives of government officials. Seated, from left to right, are Mamie (Mrs. Dwight D.) Eisenhower, Margaret (Mrs. Robert) Patterson, Maryon (Mrs. Lester B.) Pearson, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and Josephine (Mrs. Hugo L.) Black. Standing, from left to right, are Miss Florence King, Mrs. Williams H. Davis, Miss Reathel Odum, Representative Jessie Sumner of Illinois, Priscilla (Mrs. John L.) Sullivan, Augusta (Mrs. Clarence N.) Goodwin, and an unidentified woman.