Building repair and reconstruction

Photo of a desk in the Family Quarters at the White House, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House after the 1949 renovation.

Photo of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman's bedroom at the White House from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House after the 1949 renovation.

Photo of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman's bedroom at the White House, after the renovation. From an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House after the 1949 renovation.

Photo of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman's bedroom at the White House from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House after the 1949 renovation.

Photo of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman's bedroom at the White House from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House after the 1949 renovation.

Photo of a sitting room and a portrait of Harry Truman on the wall at the White House, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House after the 1949 renovation.

Photo of a portrait of Margaret Truman, by Greta Kempton, over the piano in a sitting room next to the Center Hall at the White House, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House after the 1949 renovation.

Photo of the sitting room by the Center Hall at the White House with the portraits of Harry and Margaret Truman on the wall. From an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House after the 1949 renovation.

Photo of Margaret Truman's bedroom at the White House, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House after the 1949 renovation.

Photo of Margaret Truman's bedroom at the White House, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House after the 1949 renovation.