Dwellings

Photograph of house on Cherry Street in Port Byron, Illinois, home of George Porterfield Gates (he left Port Byron in 1866). Madge Gates Wallace was born in Port Byron. Photo donated along with a copy of 2 pages of a letter from Mrs. Hunter and reply from Madge Gates Wallace. Donor: May Wallace.

Photograph of house on Cherry Street in Port Byron, Illinois, home of George Porterfield Gates (he left Port Byron in 1866). Madge Gates Wallace was born in Port Byron; this photo includes a copy of 2 pages of a letter from Mrs. Hunter and reply from Madge Wallace. Donor: May Wallace.

Photograph of house on Cherry Street in Port Byron, Illinois, home of George Porterfield Gates (he left Port Byron in 1866). Madge Gates Wallace was born in Port Byron; this was accompanied by a copy of 2 pages of a letter from Mrs. Hunter and reply from Madge Wallace. From: May Wallace.

Mr. and Mrs. George Wallace and dog at their home on Truman Road. The caption on the photograph is in a Scandinavian language. George Wallace is Bess Truman's brother. From: May Wallace.

Homeowners stand on the porch of a typical house in Salina, Kansas, and survey the surrounding high waters during the flood of 1951. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

Photograph of land near U.S. Highway 50, Jackson County, Missouri, described as Osborne Property, Sta. 424+00 looking E along R/W Line, used probably for a legal case by Rufus Burrus.

Photograph of land near U.S. Highway 50, Jackson County, Missouri, described as Osborne Property, Sta. 424 00 looking SE, used probably for a legal case by Rufus Burrus.

Photograph of land lying along U.S. Highway 50, Jackson County, Missouri, described as Osborne Property, Sta. 424 00 looking NE, used probably for a legal case by Rufus Burrus.

Napoleon stone house on South Noland Road, Independence, Missouri. From: Jackson County Historical Society.

This is the White House Mantel as it appeared in the White House, prior to the Reconstruction of the White House during Harry S. Truman's Administration.