Presidential residences

Photo of President Truman's study, second floor oval room. The Steinway grand piano is now a museum object at the Truman Library, as are two of the paintings: "At the Beach of Scheveningen," (or Dutch Harbor) by Hendrik William Mesdaq, and the portrait of Martha Ellen Truman by Jerry Farnsworth.

Photo of President Truman's bedroom. Two paintings in this room and the Presidential Seal are now museum objects at the Truman Library. The paintings are the sailboat painting and the mountain landscape, which is by R. Hirsh. From an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White Houses prior to the 1949 renovation.

Photo of President Truman's bedroom. Two paintings in this room and the Presidential Seal are now museum objects at the Truman Library. The paintings are the sailboat painting and the mountain landscape, which is by R. Hirsh. From an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.

Photo of the Family Quarters. Painting on wall between doors is now at the Truman Library. Its by S. Ferguso. From an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.

Photo of Family Quarters. Painting on wall between doors is now at the Truman Library. Its by S. Ferguso. From an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.

Photo of Family Quarters. Painting on wall between doors is now at the Truman Library. Its by S. Ferguso. From an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.

Photo of possibly Bess Truman's Bedroom, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.

Photo of possibly Bess Truman's Bedroom, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.

Photo of possibly Bess Truman's Bedroom, from an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.

West Sitting Hall in the second floor residence of the White House. Greta Kempton portrait of Margaret Truman is in the room. From an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.