Presidential residences

Aerial photograph of the White House, Washington, D.C. The Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial can be seen in the background.

View of the Truman home at 219 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri, under a blanket of snow. Footsteps on the sidewalk indicate no shovel has tackled the job. From: Orison Tucker.

Snapshot of Bess Truman standing in yard of house at 219 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri. She is by the garage, near a couple of parked cars. Donor: May Wallace

Faded Kodacolor snapshot of former President Harry S. Truman (right) and George Wallace (left) in front of family home at 219 N. Delaware. Donor: May Wallace.

President Harry S. Truman Oval Office in the White House as it looked in 1947 after it was redecorated. This view shows President Truman's desk.

President Harry S. Truman's Oval Office in the White House. This is a close-up view of President Truman's desk.

President Harry S. Truman's Oval Office in the White House, showing a view of the desk and right wall.

President Harry S. Truman's Oval Office in the White House. This is a view from behind the desk, showing the globe, the painting of George Washington in the center, and the two smaller paintings of General Jose de San Martin (left of the fireplace) and Simon Bolivar (right of the fireplace).

This is the White House Mantel as it appeared in the White House, prior to the Reconstruction of the White House during Harry S. Truman's Administration.

This is a photo of the State Dining Room in the White House, when it contained the "Buffalo Mantel" fireplace. The Buffalo Mantel was named from the two buffalo heads carved on the lintel. It was installed in the State Dining Room of the White House in 1902. The inscription below the mantel shelf was taken from a letter written in 1800 by John Adams, the first President to occupy the White House, to his wife. The Mantel is one of twenty removed from the White House at the time of the renovation in 1950, and presented to museums in various parts of the country.