Presidential residences

Bess Truman sits in an easy chair with an unidentified man (left) in the library of the Truman home on Delaware, Independence, Missouri. From: Truman Home.

In a taped together photograph, two unidentified women (backs somewhat to camera, possibly Bess Truman at left) enter Blair House; in separate, joined photo, President Harry S. Truman (at right) strides into an open doorway at Blair House. All are wearing coats. Photograph transferred from museum collection to audiovisual collection 10/2009.

Diagonal view of the Truman Home on 219 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri, taken in summertime, sent to Bess Truman from Mary Paxton Keeley, 1111 Porter Street, Columbia, Missouri. From: Truman Home.

Front view of the Truman Home at 219 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri, probably in summertime, taken after the wrought-iron fence was installed. From: Truman Home.

Summer view of sidewalk and back porch of the Truman home at 219 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri, with pink roses climbing up the porch. From: Truman Home.

Window openings provide bursts of light into the cavernous interior of the White House, supported only by a web of temporary steel supports. The exterior walls rest on new concrete underpinnings, which allow earth-moving equipment to dig a new basement.

Bess Truman sitting in an easy chair in a parlor at Blair House in Washington, D.C., is visited by two unidentified women and one unidentified man. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) having his picture taken by unidentified photographers while at his desk in the "Little White House." Truman is dictating to Yeoman Emil Kesselman, while on vacation at Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) having his picture taken by unidentified photographers while at his desk in the "Little White House." Truman is dictating to Yeoman Emil Kesselman, while on vacation at Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman (center) inspecting the Marine Guard at the Little White House in Key West, Florida, at the beginning of his vacation. All others are unidentified.