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Senior Class Photo, Independence High School, 1901

Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace, and Charles Ross, among others, posing for high school graduating class photo, Independence, Missouri, 1901. Back row: Henry Chiles; Elmer Twyman; William Lloyd Garrett; Harry Truman; Will Long; Myrtle Cronkhite; Laura Ford; Mary Anderson; Gertrude Dixon; Laura Kingsbury. Third row: Crawford Compton; Leura Walters; Katie Krey; Gertrude Reyner. Second row: Tasker P. Taylor; Louretta Meador; Minnie Carpenter; Grace Crandall; Mary Taylor; James T. Brown; Mary Chinn; Itaska Atkinson; Bertha Roberts; Bess Wallace.

Crowd at Memorial Hall

The dignitaries gathered for the dedication of the Liberty Bell on the steps of the Memorial Building, Independence, Missouri. The Bell, a replica of Philadelphia's Liberty Bell, was presented to Independence by the people of Annecy, France as a friendship token. Among those in the photo are Edgar Hinde (front row, second from the left); President Harry S. Truman (just to the right of the flag on the left); General Harry Vaughan (just to the left of the flag on the right); J. Vivian Truman (behind President Truman); Luella (Mrs. J. Vivian) Truman (next to J.