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Harry S. Truman at the Truman Library Pointing at a Cracked Beam from the White House

93-158
Accession Number
93-158
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350879122
Keywords
Ex-presidents
Presidential libraries
HST Keywords
Truman - Library - Construction - HST; White House - Miscellaneous - Beam
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Associated Press

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Former President Harry S. Truman grins as he points in the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, to a beam from the White House which cracked from the weight of daughter Margaret's piano. Such deterioration led to renovation of the presidential mansion. From: Houston Post.
Date(s)
May 22, 1956