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University of Missouri President Dr. Elmer Ellis is speaking at the ground breaking ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. The Truman family is seated next to the podium: (left to right) Former President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mary Jane Truman. Also present is Alex Sachs (extreme right). All others are unidentified.

University of Missouri President Dr. Elmer Ellis is speaking at the ground breaking ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. The Truman family is seated next to the podium: (left to right) Former President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mary Jane Truman. Also present is Alex Sachs (extreme right). All others are unidentified.

Chief Justice Earl Warren (left), Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (center), and Senator William Knowland (right) are sitting in the front row at the dedication ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Seated behind Mrs. Roosevelt and Mr. Knowland is former Attorney General James McGranery. Seated in the top row are, from left to right: unidentified man, unidentified woman in red hat, Orville Freeman, Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan, and Averell Harriman. All others are unidentified.

Basil O'Connor (at podium) speaks at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library dedication ceremony in Independence, Missouri. From left to right: three unidentified men, Charles Halleck (in front of man with the hat), Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, First Lady Bess W. Truman (in white hat, partly obscured by the podium), former President Herbert Hoover, former President Harry S. Truman, Mr.

Chief Justice Earl Warren is speaking at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library dedication ceremony in Independence, Missouri. The people seated behind Justice Warren that are visible include (from right to left): Senator William Knowland, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Rabbi Samuel Mayerberg, and Basil O'Connor. All others are unidentified.

The distinguished guests and speakers are standing in the front row at the dedication ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Front row, from left to right: unidentified, Independence Mayor Robert Weatherford, Charles Halleck, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, former First Lady Bess W. Truman, Former President Herbert Hoover, former President Harry S. Truman, Phil Regan, Basil O'Connor, Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Senator William Knowland, and Missouri Governor James Blair. Others in the background are unidentified.

Basil O'Connor stands at the podium at the dedication ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Standing behind the wall of bunting, from left to right: Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (partly obscured by cameraman), former First Lady Bess W. Truman, Former President Herbert Hoover, Mr. O'Connor, Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Senator William Knowland, Missouri Governor James T. Blair, and Franklin Floete. All others are unidentified.

Senator William Knowland (background left), Senator Lyndon B. Johnson (second from left, back to camera), Senator Stuart Symington (third from left in background), Basil O'Connor (center), former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (third from right), and former First Lady Bess W. Truman (in white hat, back to camera) are attending the dedication ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library Dedication in Independence, Missouri. All others in the picture are unidentified.

Margaret Truman (standing) is introduced at the ground breaking ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Her father, former President Harry S. Truman is seated second to the left of her, along with her mother, Bess (in gray hat). Seated on the right is Margaret's aunt, Mary Jane Truman. The rest of those in the picture are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman, Bess and Margaret Truman relax on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, during his post-election vacation. (Similar to 64-425, 74-345 and 346) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 color transparency.