Presidential libraries

Some of the forms for the basement walls of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri are in place. On the right are beams supporting the forms. This view is looking west. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

One of the basement walls has gone up for the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. Other footings stand ready with rebar. This view is looking northeast. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

Construction of the floor of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri shows the conduit and electrical boxes, rebar mesh, and leveling boards. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

An unidentified concrete finisher operates a power float to make the floor of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri level and smooth. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

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

Construction of the basement walls of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri moves forward. Forms are in place on the right. Rebar mesh shows in the rest of the wall. Stacks of boards stand ready for use. All workmen are unidentified. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

An unidentified workman checks the snow covered construction site of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

Unidentified workmen are preparing the floor of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. This view is looking east. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

Forms for the walls of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri await concrete. Unidentified men are working on the ground. From: Morris R. O'Brien.

In the center of the floor are steel supports for columns. The curved pieces of steel are holding the walls below to the floor above the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. From: Morris R. O'Brien.