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Dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural

61-263-48
Accession Number
61-263-48
5x7 inches (13x18 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348341556
Keywords
Crowds
Dedications (Monuments, etc.)
Judges
Presidential libraries
Speeches, addresses, etc.
HST Keywords
Benton Mural - Dedication; Truman - Library - Mural - Liberty Bell - Dedications; Truman - Bess - Dedications - Christenings
People Pictured
Benton, Rita Piacenza, 1896-1975
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
Grover, Wayne Clayton, 1906-1970
Lloyd, David D. (David Demarest), 1911-1962
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
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Credit:
Paul Renshaw
Kansas City Star

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Chief Justice Earl Warren speaks at the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. The mural is titled, "Independence and the Opening of the West." Among those on the speakers platform are Rita Benton, Thomas Hart Benton, former President Harry S. Truman, David Lloyd, and Dr. Wayne C. Grover, and Bess Wallace Truman. All other figures in the crowd are unidentified.
Date(s)
April 15, 1961