Presidential residences

View of south front of the White House and a storage building housing special exhibits during renovations. Taken during a visit by members of the Institute of Architects during a convention in Washington, D. C.

View in south side of basement showing insulation around air-conditioning ducts during the White House renovation.

To underscore the size of the massive new ventilation system being installed above the tunnel in the new White House basement, the photographer placed workmen inside the illuminated ductwork. All are unidentified.

An assassination attempt the day before did not keep President Truman from taking his morning walk cane in hand through the streets of downtown Washington, D.C. Flanked by unidentified Secret Service men, the Chief Executive is shown walking down Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. An automobile is in view beside them.

Leslie Coffelt standing in uniform, a White House guard and member of the White House police. Coffelt was killed by Griselio Torresola in front of Blair House during an assassination attempt on President Harry S. Truman, November 1, 1950.

Entertainer Bob Hope (second from left) visits with Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (second from right) and former President Harry S. Truman (right) at the Truman home. Also present is Joyce C. Hall (left).

Entertainer Bob Hope (left) visits with Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (center) and former President Harry S. Truman (right) at the Truman home.

Photo of an unidentified Navy steward taken at the Little White House, Key West, Florida, probably during President Harry S. Truman's post election vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 transparency.

This is a view of the Truman home from a window across the street. A man is mowing the lawn in front of the house.

President Harry S. Truman waves his hat before entering the summer White House in Independence, Missouri. The Secret Service man holding the door is unidentified.