Building repair and reconstruction

Photo of East sitting hall, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.

Photo of Family Quarters, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.

Photo of Family Quarters, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.

Photo of Family Quarters, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.

Photo of Family Quarters, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.

Photo of the Corridor leading to East Sitting Room, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the renovation.

Photo of the Rose Garden, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.

Photo of Porch, South Portico, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation. This is also called the "Truman balcony."

Photo of White House, Porch, South Portico, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation. This was also called the "Truman balcony."

President Truman's Study, second floor oval room. The Steinway grand piano is now a museum object at the Truman Library, as are two of the paintings: "At the Beach of Scheveningen," (or Dutch Harbor) by Hendrik William Mesdaq, and the portrait of Martha Ellen Truman by Jerry Farnsworth. From an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.