Youth

A young Harry S. Truman, side view, holding a camera. He is visiting Pertle Springs, Missouri (a resort near Warrensburg). In the background, Frank Wallace is at right; Natalie Ott is at left. From: Truman house, 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.

Portrait of a young Bess Wallace (Elizabeth Virginia Wallace), in pigtails. This was taken around the time of the future First Lady's 13th birthday.

American Legion National Commander Paul Griffith shown on telephone while young man shaves in the foreground.

American Legion National Commander Paul Griffith shown on phone while young man is shaving in the foreground.

Edwin W. Pauley, Jr., in uniform, with two women and a young girl outside a large home.

Edwin W. Pauley, Jr., son of Ambassador Edwin w. Pauley, in uniform, and two unidentified women stand outside an ivy-covered building.

Edwin W. Pauley, Jr., son of Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, in uniform standing outside a Western Union office in Miami Beach, Florida.

Susan Pauley (left) with two unidentified women, seated at a table in a restaurant.

Black, oval shaped matte containing small portraits of individuals pasted around in a circle. The small portraits show the young people wearing various hats. Left to right, clockwise around matte, beginning at top left: Unidentified girl, Frank Wallace, Helen Bryant, Unidentified boy, Bess Wallace, Frank Wallace, unidentified girl, Bess Wallace, Helen Bryant, unidentified girl, unidentified boy, Helen Bryant, and Frank Wallace.