Presidential libraries

Former President Harry S. Truman attends the Harry S. Truman Library, Inc. dinner held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angles, California. He is at the rostrum with Edwin Pauley (at right).

Photographers on a platform on top of a car at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking Ceremony.

Former President Harry S. Truman with Tom Evans (extreme left) and Monsignor L. Curtis Tiernan at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking Ceremony. They are in Slover Park in Independence, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) with two unidentified men at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking Ceremony.

Former President Harry S. Truman holds a golden shovel while speaking to the crowd at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Harry S. Truman Library. All others unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman with (left to right) Mrs. Bess Truman, Margaret Truman (facing Bess), Mary Jane Truman and Edwin Pauley at the Truman Library Ground Breaking Ceremony.

Former President Harry S. Truman with Margaret Truman as she lifts a shovel of dirt at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking Ceremony. They are at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman watches Margaret Truman as she places a shovel into dirt at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking ceremony. They are in Slover Park, Independence, Missouri.

Margaret Truman with Harry Jobes (left) and former Secretary of State John Snyder (center) at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking ceremony. They are in Slover Park, Independence, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman with Mrs. Bess Truman as she digs a spadeful of dirt at the Harry S. Truman Library Ground Breaking Ceremony. They are at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri.