Cecil H. Schrepfer

Rear view of the Truman home in Grandview, Missouri.

Three-quarter view of the Truman home in Grandview, Missouri.

An unknown person holds aloft a test copy of the sketch of the lower part of the mural for the Harry S. Truman Library, "Independence and the Opening of the West," by Thomas Hart Benton.

Milton Perry, Harry S. Truman Library curator, holds up the sketch of the lower part of Thomas Hart Benton's mural "Independence and the Opening of the West".

Thomas Hart Benton at work on the mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West" in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library.

Thomas Hart Benton at work on the mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West" in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library.

Thomas Hart Benton at work on the mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West" in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library.

Thomas Hart Benton at work on the mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West" in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library.

Thomas Hart Benton at work on the mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West" in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library.

Thomas Hart Benton arriving at the Truman Library to work on his mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West".