Dwellings

Beautiful 1893 photo of the George Porterfield Gates residence at 219 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri (also known as the Truman home). Standing in front of the house is, apparently, George Porterfield Gates. Note the carriage block at the street. From: John Elliott (Duplicate by written permission of owner only.)

Left to right: George Wallace, Helen Wallace, and Maud Louise Wells sit on the steps of the front porch of the George Porterfield Gates home at 219 N. Delaware, Independence Missouri. George Wallace is Bess Wallace's brother. Helen Wallace is the child of Myra Gates Wallace, Madge Gates' sister, and Maud Louise Wells is the daughter of Maud Gates Wells, Madge Gates' other sister. From: John Elliott.

Crowd in front of the Harry S. Truman home in Independence, Missouri.

The Clayton Home in Christianburg, Kentucky, was the scene of the marriage of Mary Jane Holmes and Anderson Shipp Truman, President Harry S. Truman's grandparents. From: Kansas City Star.

The Holmes House, built in 1813 four miles northwest of Shelbyville, Kentucky. Mrs. L.J. Banta and Mary Jane Holmes and her daughter are shown on the porch. From Kansas City Star, published 6-10-45.

Harry S. Truman's grandfather, Anderson Shipp Truman's, house stood on the site of this house about three miles southeast of Bagdad, Kentucky but the bricks of the old house were used in this new one. From Kansas City Star, published 6-10-45.

Group of four photographs, in a composite published in the Kansas City Star 8-12-34, as follows: Upper left - The old Truman Home on the 600 acre farm near Grandview; right, Senatorial nominee, Harry S. Truman, in home in Independence, Missouri, behind him stands a clock made in England in 1722, brought to Vermont by an early ancestor of Mrs. Truman's and to Independence by her great grandfather; lower left, Mrs. David W. Wallace (Madge Gates) daughter of George P. Gates, and mother of Mrs. Truman; center, 82-year old mother of Harry S. Truman, Martha Truman. From: the Kansas City Star

The Harris Home, preserved as a relic of the '49er who used Westport Landing, now a part of Kansas City, Missouri, as an outfitting of long journeys across the Western plains. From: Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.

Unidentified woman and girl in yard, near an old fashioned pump alongside a house. From: Ardelia (Mrs. W. L. C.) Palmer.

An alleyway, with a small unidentified boy standing near a tree. Possibly in Independence, Missouri. From: Mrs. E. A. Wilcox.