Friends and associates

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.

From left to right Margaret Conway Kurt, Rose A. Conway, Marilyn Muehlebach McGilley and John Snyder at the reception after the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural in the Harry S. Truman Library. The reception was held in the Garden room in the Truman Library.

Left to right John McGilley, Margaret Conway Kurt, Rose A. Conway, Marilyn Muehlebach McGilley, and John Snyder at the reception after the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural in the Harry S. Truman Library. The reception was held in the Garden room in the Truman Library.

The Battery "C" Color Guard presents arms to Former President Harry S. Truman (far left) at the Dedication of the National Guard Memorial in Washington, D. C. Others are not identified.

The Battery "C" Color Guard salutes the massing Colors of the States, Commonwealths, Territories and District of Columbia during the Dedicatory ceremonies of the National Guard Memorial, Washington, D. C. Front row, left to right: Colonel Arthur H. Bell; Sergeant Eddie Meisburger; Corporal Ed P. Downey; Corporal Frank F. Kunz.

Former President Harry S. Truman poses with four veterans of World War I who served in the 129th Field Artillery Battalion under the command of Truman when he was a captain. They are shown at the dedication of a $2 million National Guard Memorial Building in Washington, D.C. Left to right are: Sergeant Eddie Meisburger; Corporal Ed P. Downey; Former President Harry S. Truman; Corporal Frank F. Kunz; and Colonel Arthur H. Bell, all from Kansas City, Missouri. (See 66-8429.)

Taking time out from a Reserve Officers Association awards dinner, former President Harry S. Truman poses with Lt. Colonel Robert E. Adams (at left) and Colonel Rufus Burrus (at right) in front of a wall of flags. The location of the banquet is unknown. (Original in oversize drawer.) From: Robert E. Adams, Research Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri

Randall Jessee (left) and H. C. Asel (right) discussing press business during the dedication of the Thomas Hart Benton mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West" at the Harry S. Truman Library.

Mary Shaw Branton with actor James Whitmore as he signs her program from the production of "Give 'Em Hell, Harry." Others in background are unidentified. From: Copied from photographs loaned to the Library by Mary Shaw Branton.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) greets Margaret Vaughan (Mrs. Harry) and Helen Mara (Mrs. Cornelius) in a three-way handshake. From: Found in a box of miscellaneous photographs in the audiovisual area.