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This is a clay model created by Thomas Hart Benton of the mural for the Harry S. Truman Library. The mural is called "Independence and the Opening of the West."

Thomas Hart Benton works on a sketch for the mural for the Truman Library in his studio. The title of the mural is "Independence and the Opening of the West".

This is a clay model created by Thomas Hart Benton of the mural for the Harry S. Truman Library. The mural is called "Independence and the Opening of the West."

Front view of the Truman Presidential Library in 1960, produced with a special panoramic camera.

Thomas Hart Benton (far left) at work on his mural in the lobby of the Truman Presidential Library. This is a special panoramic camera negative.

Aerial view of the Truman Presidential Library during the dedicatory ceremonies.

Thomas Hart Benton at work on the mural sketch for the Truman Presidential Library at his studio in Kansas City, Missouri.