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Removing the Presidential Seal

Loren Raines (left) and John Martino (right, behind Seal) remove the Presidential Seal while Dick Corliss (in coat) and photographers from the Kansas City Star document the event. The seal was removed so that the mural by Thomas Hart Benton, "Independence and the Opening of the West" could be painted on the wall.

Removing the Presidential Seal

Loren Raines (left) and John Martino (right, party obscured) remove the Presidential Seal while Independence Examiner photographer Dick Corliss (back to camera, in coat) and an unidentified Kansas City Star photographer record the event on the scaffolding. The seal was removed so that the mural by Thomas Hart Benton, "Independence and the Opening of the West" could be painted on the wall.

White House photographers and technicians on White House lawn

Oversize photo of White House photographers and technicians (and their equipment) posing on the lawn of the White House. Left to right (front row) are: Al O'Eth, Ray Redman, Bob Hess, George Gerlach, Harry Tiegander, Tom Craven, Bernard M. Desner, Andrew M. Selover, (second row); Charlie Shurt; Deon DeTitta, Jr., Hugo C. Johnson, James Lyons, Murray Huey, John A. Bockhorst, John Langenegger, Clarence Ellis, and Alfred R. Simonson. The photo is autographed in the margin by each of the above.