Presidential libraries

Former President Harry S. Truman puts a Native American headdress on Jimmy Walsh while co-star Joan Terrace watches during a rehearsal at the Truman Library for the television show "Let's Take A Trip."

Former President Harry S. Truman, who will celebrate his 71st birthday Sunday, posed for this birthday portrait Friday in his Kansas City, Missouri, office at the Federal Reserve Bank. Sunday Mr. Harry S. Truman will use a gold-plated shovel to break ground for the memorial library which will house his three million presidential papers. Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson and former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder are scheduled to head old Washington associates attending the ceremony in Slover Park in Independence, Missouri. From: Houston Post.

Former President Harry S. Truman smiles as he points to a beam from the White House which cracked from the weight of daughter Margaret's piano. Such deterioration led to renovation of the presidential mansion. The beam is now in the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. From: Houston Post.

Broken exhibit case in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library where swords and daggers were stolen in a break-in. The swords and daggers were the gift of King Ibn Saud and Crown Prince Saud of Saudi Arabia. (See also photos 77-3405 and 72-3317.) This photo is in a contact sheet book and is from the Library's original 2x2 negative.

Photo of unidentified security man inspecting the break-in area of the Harry S. Truman Library lobby where swords and daggers were stolen. The swords were gifts of King Ibn Saud and Crown Prince Saud of Saudi Arabia. (See also photos 77-3405 and 72-3317.) This photo is in a contact sheet book, and from an original 2x2 inch negative.

More distance view of the broken glass in the lobby exhibit case where swords were stolen during a break-in at the Harry S. Truman Library. The swords were gifts from King Ibn Saud and Crown Prince Saud of Saudi Arabia. (See also photos 77-3405 and 72-3317). This photo is in a contact sheet book and is from an original 2x2 negative.

A view of the broken glass in the lobby exhibit case where swords and daggers were stolen in a break-in at the Harry S. Truman Library. The swords and daggers were gifts of King Ibn Saud and Crown Prince Saud of Saudi Arabia. (See also photos 77-3405 and 72-3317). This photo is in a contact sheet book and is from an original 2x2 negative.

Photo of an exhibit case with broken glass from which swords and daggers were stolen during a break-in at the Harry S. Truman Library. The swords and daggers were gifts from King Ibn Saud and Crown Prince Saud of Saudi Arabia. (See also photos 77-3405 and 72-3317). This photo is in a contact sheet book and from a 2x2 original negative.