First ladies

From left to right along right side of photo, Mrs. Rita Benton, Miss Jessie Benton, Thomas Hart Benton, Bess Wallace Truman, and former President Harry S. Truman greet guests in the reception line after the ceremony dedicating Mr. Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library.

From left to right, Mrs. Gloria Directo gives Thomas Heart Benton a lei while Bess Wallace Truman watches in the reception line after the ceremony dedicating Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library.

From left to right, Mrs. Rita Benton, Miss Jessie Benton, Thomas Hart Benton, Bess Wallace Truman, and former President Harry S. Truman (partly obscured) greet guests after the dedication of Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. All others are unidentified.

From left to right: former President Harry S. Truman (turned toward the Library), David D. Lloyd, Thomas Hart Benton, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, and Chief Justice Earl Warren, who is speaking at the dedication of the mural by Thomas Hart Benton at the Harry S. Truman Library. All others are unidentified.

Chief Justice Earl Warren prepares to speak to the crowd at the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. In the left background are Thomas Hart Benton and Bess Wallace Truman.

From left to right, former President Harry S. Truman, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Thomas Hart Benton, and Bess Wallace Truman on the speaker's stand at the ceremony dedicating Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, former President Harry S. Truman, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Thomas Hart Benton, and Bess Wallace Truman on the speaker's stand at the ceremony dedicating Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, former President Harry S. Truman, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Thomas Hart Benton and Bess Wallace Truman on the speaker's stand at the ceremony dedicating Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. All others are unidentified.

Speakers and other dignitaries walk toward the front of the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library for the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural. Left to right: Chief Justice Earl Warren, Bess Wallace Truman, and Thomas Hart Benton (mostly obscured by woman in fur). All others are unidentified.

Group of speakers and other dignitaries walk toward the front of the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library for the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural. Left to right: former President Harry S. Truman, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Bess Wallace Truman, and Thomas Hart Benton. All others are unidentified.