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Thomas Hart Benton and an unidentified photographer view the mural at the Truman Library

2008-71
Accession Number
2008-71
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Color
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NAID 350476142
Keywords
Artists
Mural painting and decoration
Presidential libraries
HST Keywords
Benton Mural; Truman Library - Interior - Mural
People Pictured
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
Rights

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Credit:
Charles Shangler

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Thomas Hart Benton (left, foreground) and an unidentified photographer view the work in progress on the mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. Printed from slide no. 1 (SL2498) of 22 original 35mm slides copied and returned to the photographer. From: Charles Shangler. Please credit Charles Shangler as the photographer.
Date(s)
ca.
1960