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

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.

Dr. Philip Brooks, Truman Library Director and Loren Raines stand next to the removed Presidential Seal. 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.

From left to right, Wayne Fellows, Milton Perry, and Loren Raines carry the Presidential Seal after its removal from the wall in the main lobby of the Truman Library. Behind Raines is John Martino. 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.

Loren Raines lowers the Presidential Seal to John Martino with Milton Perry, Wayne Fellows, and Dick Corliss below. 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.

Loren Raines (left) and John Martino (right, behind Seal) remove the Presidential Seal while Dick Corliss (in coat) and photographers from the Kansas City Star document the event. 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.

Loren Raines (left) and John Martino (right, party obscured) remove the Presidential Seal while Independence Examiner photographer Dick Corliss (back to camera, in coat) and an unidentified Kansas City Star photographer record the event on the scaffolding. 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.

Loren Raines prepares the Presidential Seal for removal from a wall in the main lobby of the Truman Library. 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.

Loren Raines prepares to remove the Presidential Seal while standing on scaffolding in the main lobby of the Truman Library. 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.

Loren Raines prepares to remove the Presidential Seal from the north wall of the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library while standing on scaffolding. 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.