Presidential libraries

Next to the removed Presidential Seal, a photographer for the Kansas City Star talks with Loren Raines (middle) and John Martino (right).

James A. Farley (left) shakes hands with former President Harry S. Truman in the rear of the lobby at the Truman Library.

James A. Farley (left) and former President Harry S. Truman (right) shake hands in the rear of the lobby at the Truman Library.

Eastward view of the parking lot, side, and front exterior of the Harry S. Truman Library.

A photo of the west side exterior of the Truman library, looking eastward. The parking lot is also visible.

A photo of the rear exterior of the Truman Library, facing southwest.

A photo of the rear exterior of the Truman Library, facing southwest.

Northwest view of the front exterior of the Harry S. Truman Library.

A photo of the exterior of the Truman Library, looking south, called the Garden Area.

Dr. Philip Brooks, Loren Raines, and John Martino alongside the Presidential Seal after its removal from the north wall of the Truman Library lobby. 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.