FIRST LADY BESS W. TRUMAN - ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 215379
Price: $340.00
ELIZABETH W. "BESS" TRUMAN
12x15¾ ink drawing of Harry Truman by Selwyn Gamble signed by his wife and
First Lady
Illustration signed "Bess W. Truman". Drawing in blue ink, 12x15¾
heavy cardstock, by Selwyn C. Gamble of Senatobia, Mississippi, Gamble's stamp
on verso in blue ink. Truman (1885-1982, born Elizabeth Virginia Wallace
in Independence, Missouri) married the future 33rd U.S. President, Harry S.
Truman, in 1919; they got engaged before he left for France and World War I
in 1918, cutting short their courtship. Truman generally abstained from comment
on public policies and only participated in Washington social life when
necessary. Unlike her predecessor, Eleanor Roosevelt, she gave no press
conferences and usually responded to any questions with a terse "No
comment". She tried to curb her husband's salty, blunt language. When one
society matron complained that the President had used the word "manure" in
public, Bess replied that it had taken her 20 years to get him to say "manure".
She lived longer than any other First Lady, dying at the age of 97. Not
only did she live longer than any other First Lady (as of this biography), she
also lived longer than any United States president. Lightly toned, especially
along edges. Heavily creased in corners. Some damage to cardstock in upper
corners and lower left corner. Otherwise in fine condition.
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