Presidential libraries

Construction of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri moves along. Workmen on the left side are unidentified. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

Snow is melting at the construction site of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

This is a closer look at the bracing for the forms of the walls of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

A dump truck is parked inside the basement walls of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri before the floor was in place. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

Unidentified workmen are pouring the cement to make the walls of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

Construction of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri continues to move forward. Workmen in the background are unidentified. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

The floor of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri has conduit, rebar mesh, and leveling boards ready. This view is looking north. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

A board walkway is laid over the trench to the ladder leading down the walls of the basement of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. To the left is the outhouse the workmen use. Stacks of lumber can be seen in the background. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

Sawhorses hold lumber for building the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. Other lumber is stacked on all sides. A small pole building in the back provides some temporary shelter. All people are unidentified. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

An unidentified construction manager rests against a railing of the job trailer during construction of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. From: Morris R. O'Brien.