This photograph by Abbie Rowe of the National Park Service shows the Truman family standing in front of a Christmas tree on the North Portico of the White House. Left to right: First Lady Bess Truman, President Harry Truman, and their daughter, Margaret Truman.

This photograph by Abbie Rowe of the National Park Service shows President Harry Truman, First Lady Bess Truman and daughter Margaret at Truman's second inaugural ball. Left to right: Unidentified man, Mrs. Bess Truman, Perle Mesta, President Truman, Margaret Truman, Arthur Bergman (Director of the National Guard Armory), unidentified man.

This photograph by Abbie Rowe of the National Park Service shows President Harry Truman and First Lady Bess Truman greeting crowds outside the White House on VJ Day -- the day the Japanese surrendered and World War II unofficially ended.

This photograph by Abbie Rowe of the National Park Service shows Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) of the United Kingdom presenting a mid 19th century trumeau to President Harry Truman and First Lady Bess Truman. It was sent on behalf of her father, King George VI, to commemorate the completion of Truman's White House renovations. Left to Right: Bess Truman, President Truman, Princess Elizabeth, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The word trumeau is taken from the French word for "the space between windows," which is a common, but not exclusive, place for this type of piece to reside. See image numbers 840 and 688 for examples of this trumeau in situ.

This photograph shows President Harry Truman, First Lady Bess Truman, and their daughter Margaret eating Christmas dinner with Mrs. Truman's family in the White House Family Dining Room. Seated around table from left end: Fred Wallace, Madge Gates Wallace, Natalie Wallace, Marion Wallace, Bess Truman, David Wallace, Christine Wallace, Frank Wallace, George Wallace, Mary Jane Truman, Harry Truman, Margaret Truman.

This is a photograph taken by National Park Service photographer Abbie Rowe of President Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office in the Cabinet Room on April 12, 1945, after the sudden death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. First Lady Bess Truman and daughter Margaret Truman stand to Truman's right. Rowe was a prolific photographer, providing extensive coverage of the presidency from the Roosevelt through the Lyndon B. Johnson administrations.