Abbie Rowe

Photograph of upper part of main stairway taken from the landing between the first and second floors. The design on the left dates from 1902. The brick support for the steps, only one layer in thickness, was found to be in an insecure condition.

Northwest view in the Social Room of the White House during renovation. The old design on the wall, uncovered during the renovation work, dates from 1902.

Margaret Truman (left) standing in front of microphone with others including the 1948 poster boy for the March of Dimes Campaign, Terry Tullos.

Margaret Truman giving speech for 1948 March of Dimes Campaign. The unidentified woman standing next to Margaret is holding Terry Tullos, the poster boy for the campaign.

Margaret Truman watches as the poster boy for 1948 March of Dimes Campaign, Terry Tullos, drops a coin in a milk bottle.

President Truman is seated at a table with his cabinet officers. L to R, around the table: Julius Krug, Secretary of the Interior; W. Averell Harriman, Secretary of Commerce; Philip B. Fleming, Administrator, Federal Works Agency; John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President; Lewis B. Schwellenbach, Secretary of Labor; Clinton Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture; Jesse Donaldson, Postmaster General; James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; George C. Marshall, Secretary of State; President Harry S. Truman; John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury; and Tom C. Clark, Attorney General.

President and Mrs. Truman with dignitaries attended commemorative exercises at the Lincoln Memorial, held by the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. L to R: W. Elkins Reed, General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William Leahy, President Harry S. Truman, and First Lady Bess Truman.

The poster boy for the 1948 March of Dimes Campaign, Terry Tullos, stands next to Margaret Truman with unidentified woman looking on.

Long view facing windows of the automatic bowling lanes installed in the White House during the administration of President Harry S. Truman.

President and Mrs. Truman with dignitaries (backs turned) attended commemorative exercises at the Lincoln Memorial, held by the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. L to R: General Ulysses S. Grant III, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan and W. Elkins Reed.