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Branton, Mary Shaw, 1920-2016

Truman-Daniel wedding party

Posing at the staircase of the Truman home at 219 N. Delaware, Independence, Missouri, are the Daniel-Truman wedding party. L to R: George Backer, Turner Catledge, John Barrow, Clifton Daniel, Margaret Truman, Drucie Snyder and Mary Shaw Branton. This is similar to 85-77-3 and includes an original negative. Donor: Dorothy Feeback.

Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre Dedication

President Harry S. Truman poses for photographers with his family and others at the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" during the dedication of the Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park. From left to right: Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton; Margaret Truman; Carter Barron, Executive Vice Chairman of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission; President Harry S. Truman; and First Lady Bess W. Truman. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 6.

Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre Dedication

Cabinet members and others in the audience for the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" at the Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre dedication in Washington's Rock Creek Park. Pictured, front row, left to right: Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles) Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton, and Margaret Truman. Press Secretary Charles Ross is also present (second row, fourth from right). All others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre Dedication

President Harry S. Truman with his family and others at the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" during the dedication of the Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park. From left to right: Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton; Margaret Truman; Carter Barron, Executive Vice Chairman of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission; President Harry S. Truman; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Joseph C. McGarraghy, Chairman of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission; and unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Show at Rock Creek Park Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre

First Lady Bess Truman (far right) and others in the audience for the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" at the Rock Creek Park Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre. Front row, left to right: Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles) Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton, Margaret Truman, and First Lady Bess W. Truman. Press Secretary Charles Ross is also present (second row, fourth from right). All others are unidentified.