Ex-presidents

From left to right, former President Harry S. Truman (back turned), unidentified man, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Jake More (partly obscured by Mr. Warren), Fred Whitaker, Robert Bolton, Dr. Philip C. Brooks, and guard Edward Ingram at the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Truman Library. All others are unidentified.

Left to right Dorothy Brooks, Dr. Philip C. Brooks, Rita Benton, Thomas Hart Benton, Bess Wallace Truman (partly obscured), and former President Harry S. Truman (partly obscured) greet guests in a reception line after the dedication of Mr. Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. Wiktor Labunski is shaking hands with Rita Benton. All other persons are unidentified. The reception was held in the Garden Room at the Truman Library.

From left to right, unidentified, Dr. Phillip C. Brooks, Rita Benton, Thomas Hart Benton, Bess Wallace Truman and former President Harry S. Truman (partly obscured) greet guests moving through the reception line after the dedication of Mr. Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. In the right foreground with his back to the camera is Ted Marks. All other people are unidentified. The dedication was held in the Garden room at the Truman Library.

Background, from left to right, Thomas Hart Benton, Bess Wallace Truman, and former President Harry S. Truman greet guests in the reception line after the dedication of Benton's mural in the Harry S. Truman Library. The reception was held in the Garden Room in the Truman Library. All other people are unidentified.

From left to right Thomas Hart Benton, Bess Wallace Truman, and former President Harry S. Truman greets May (Mrs. George) Wallace, Bess Truman's sister-in-law, after the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. The reception was held in the Garden room of the Library.

Background, from left to right: Thomas Hart Benton, Bess Wallace Truman, and former President Harry S. Truman in the reception line after the dedication of Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman library. The reception was held in the Garden Room of the Library. All others are unknown.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) with Michael Manners (left), step-son of Mike Westwood, at the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library. The reception was held in the Garden room of the library.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) with Michael Manners (left), step-son of Mike Westwood, at the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library. The reception was held in the Garden room of the library.

From left to right: Eugene Savage; Mrs. Rita Benton; Former President Harry S. Truman; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Dr. Wayne C. Grover; Thomas Hart Benton; David D. Lloyd; Mrs. Charlotte Lloyd; Monsignor Joseph V. Sullivan; Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt on the speakers stand at the Truman Library for the dedication of the mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" by Thomas Hart Benton.

Thomas Hart Benton addressing the gathering at the dedication of his mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" at the Truman Library. Left to right: Eugene Savage; Mrs. Rita Benton; Former President Harry S. Truman; Mr. David D. Lloyd; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Dr. Wayne C. Grover; Bess Wallace Truman; Thomas Hart Benton. Others unidentified.