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Removed Presidential Seal

60-9-14
Accession Number
60-9-14
5x7 inches (13x18 cm)
Black & White
HST Keywords
Truman Library - Presidential Seal Removal
People Pictured
Rights

Public Domain - This item is in the public domain and can be used freely without further permission.

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Credit:

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Loren Raines lowers the Presidential Seal to John Martino with Milton Perry, Wayne Fellows, and Dick Corliss below. The seal was removed so that the mural by Thomas Hart Benton, "Independence and the Opening of the West" could be painted on the wall.
Date(s)
June 1959