Southern, Emma Procter, 1868-1961

Tennis players on the Park Avenue tennis court belonging to the Southern (May Wallace's) family. L to R: Jack Montague, Alden Millard, George Wallace, Bess Wallace, Mrs. Emma P. Southern, Caroline Southern, Dorothy Patterson, Natalie Wallace, Helena Crow, Frank Wallace, Edwin Patterson. From an album in the Truman house entitled "Postal Souvenirs."

Photo taken of Bess Wallace Truman and Harry S. Truman during their courting days. They are seated among friends in a rowboat on the Little Blue River. L to R: Mrs. Emma P. Southern, mother of May Wallace, Bess Wallace (holding a fishing pole), Harry S. Truman, an unidentified man, and a young woman, probably Natalie Wallace. Others in the boat are unidentified. A letter to Bess from Harry, dated August 5, 1913, mentions preparing to go with her on a fishing trip on the Little Blue River. Copied from a photo album lent to the Truman Library by May Wallace.

Harry S. Truman's 1911 Stafford car. From left to right: Natalie Ott Wallace, Emma P. (Mrs. William) Southern, Frank Gates Wallace, Bess Wallace, and Harry S. Truman. This photograph was taken during a picnic near the Little Blue River around 1915. Identification by Miss Ethel Noland. Photo was probably taken by George Wallace. From the Estate of Mary Jane Truman.

Group of picnickers near the Little Blue River, seated in and gathered around Harry S. Truman's Stafford car. From left to right: George Wallace, May Wallace, Frank Wallace, Natalie Wallace, Fred Wallace (seated on the running board); Mrs. Emma Southern, Harry S. Truman, Caroline Southern, Dorothy Patterson (cousin of May Wallace), Edwin Patterson (cousin of May Wallace). From: Truman Home, from an album entitled "Postal Souvenirs."

Picnic near the Little Blue River with Harry S. Truman's Stafford automobile. Left to right: Natalie Ott Wallace (Mrs. Frank G. Wallace); Emma P. (Mrs. William) Southern; Frank Gates Wallace; Bess Wallace; and Harry S. Truman. For better photo of same see 79-20. Identification by Miss Ethel Noland. Photo was probably taken by George Wallace.

Sitting on a farm fence, with a planted field in the background, left to right: Bess Wallace, Mrs. Emma P. Southern (mother of May Wallace), and May Wallace. From: Copied from a photo album lent to the Truman Library by May Wallace.