Dwellings

Senator Harry S. Truman (left) is placing bread in a toaster, while Bess Truman (background, right) looks on. She is standing at the stove, appearing to stir something in a pan. A Fiesta-ware pitcher sits on the counter. They are in the kitchen of their apartment at 4701 Connecticut Avenue, NW in Washington, D.C. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.

A chandelier hangs from the ceiling at the Vaile Sanitarium (now the Vaile Mansion) in Independence, Missouri, taken for the Jackson Historical Society.

Details of a fireplace mantle at the Vaile Sanitarium (now the Vaile Mansion) in Independence, Missouri, taken for the Jackson County Historical Society.

A painting of a woman is on the ceiling of one of the rooms at the Vaile Sanitarium (now the Vaile Mansion) in Independence, Missouri. This photo was taken for the Jackson Country Historical Society.

A chandelier hangs from the ceiling at the Vaile Sanitarium (now the Vaile Mansion) in Independence, Missouri. This photo was taken for the Jackson Historical Society.

A chandelier hangs from the ceiling at the Vaile Sanitarium (now the Vaile Mansion) in Independence, Missouri. This photo was taken for the Jackson Historical Society.

A chandelier hangs from the ceiling at the Vaile Sanitarium (now the Vaile Mansion) in Independence, Missouri. This photo was taken for the Jackson Historical Society.

A painting of a woman is on the ceiling of one of the rooms at the Vaile Sanitarium (now the Vaile Mansion) in Independence, Missouri. This photo was taken for the Jackson Country Historical Society.

A chandelier hangs from the ceiling at the Vaile Sanitarium (now the Vaile Mansion) in Independence, Missouri, taken for the Jackson Historical Society.

This is one of the original fireplaces in the Vaile Sanitarium (now the Vaile Mansion) in Independence, Missouri. This photo was taken for the Jackson County Historical Society.