Dwellings

Exterior of house, view of front door.

Housing units at the U. S. Marine Corps Training School at Quantico, Virginia. From a leather bound album of 55 8 x 10 photos taken during President Truman's trip to the U. S. Marine Corps Training Base. Gift from Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Major General, U. S. Marine Corps, Commandant, Marine Corps Schools.

Northwest view in the State Dining Room after the White House renovation. The Chippendale table was anonymously presented. Along the north wall is the over-mantel mirror presented by the late King George VI of England. Alonzo Fields, Maitre d' Hotel; Charles T. Haight, Director, Decorating Shop, B. Altman & Co., New York, and a butler are shown examining the table.

Senator Harry S. Truman (left) is placing bread in a toaster, while Bess Truman (background, right) looks on. She is standing at the stove in the kitchen, appearing to stir something in a pan. A Fiesta-ware pitcher sits on the counter. The word "proof" is stamped across the front of this photograph.

Key West, Florida headquarters of the President, the Little White House. This is an exterior view of the house, with a guard and a car in the foreground. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

From left to right, Press Secretary Charles Ross, President Harry S. Truman, and William Hassett on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Written on back of snapshot, in Margaret Truman's handwriting: "Dad, Charlie (Mr. Ross) and the 'Bishop' (Mr. Hassett) in yard of Little White House - Key West, Nov. 29th, 1949."

Northeast view in the Lincoln Room, after renovation of the White House. Congressional members and wives are examining the large Lincoln Bed.

View from window G-3 to west wall of the White House, showing progress in installation of permanent interior steel work.

Northeast view of White House during renovation. The Seneca stone blocks of the wall leading from the portico to the northeast corner of the building were removed and the marked blocks stored on the lawn.

A 10 x 14 panoramic view of Pennsylvania Avenue showing the Blair House, residence of the President, following the assassination attempt on the life of the President. Crowds are shown gathered with much activity in the street.