Marks, Ted, b. 1882

Captain Ted Marks (left) and Major Thomas McGee (right) of the 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division, United States Army, by a train after World War I. From: 35th Division scrapbook

Theodore (Ted) Marks is pictured in his home in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Marks was a close friend of Harry S. Truman, as well as a fellow captain in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I.

Theodore (Ted) Marks is pictured in his home in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Marks was a close friend of Harry S. Truman, as well as a fellow captain in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I.

President Harry S. Truman (far right with back to camera) and others on board the presidential yacht U.S.S. Williamsburg during a vacation cruise to Bermuda. From left to right: Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford; Ted Marks; unidentified Navy officer; unidentified man; Press Secretary Charles Ross (back to camera); Major General Harry Vaughan; George Allen; and President Truman.

While on a cruise to Bermuda, President Harry S. Truman and members of his party relax on the fantail of the yacht Williamsburg. From left to right: President Truman, Captain James Foskett, and Truman's friend Ted Marks.

Smiling, President Harry S. Truman (center) returns aboard the SS Williamsburg after his swim. The SS Williamsburg is carrying the President on his vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II" From James Foskett.

President Harry S. Truman's longtime friend, Ted Marks, relaxes on the fantail of the yacht Williamsburg, en route to Bermuda. Man in background is unidentified. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

(Left to right) President Harry S. Truman and his friend Mr. Theodore Marks, chat aboard the SS Williamsburg, while on a cruise to Bermuda for vacation. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4."

(From Left to Right) President Harry S. Truman, his friend Theodore Marks, and Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder sun bathe on the flying bridge of the SS Williamsburg during the President's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4" From James Foskett.

(From the left side of the circle to the right)Unidentified man, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder; Mr. Theodore "Ted" Marks; President Harry S. Truman; Major General Harry R. Vaughan, U.S.A., the President's Military Aide; Charles G. Ross, the President's Press Secretary; Clark M. Clifford, the President's Special Counsel (party obscured by Mr. Ross); and Honorable George E. Allen, Director, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, sit and have a chat on the fantail of the SS Williamsburg, the ship carrying the President to Bermuda.