Artists

Chief Brummett Echohawk (right foreground) at the dedication for Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Truman Library. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Basgall may also be in this photo, but are unidentified. Others in the crowd are unidentified.

Thomas Hart Benton sketching on the mural he is painting at the Harry S. Truman Library. The mural is entitled "Independence and the Opening of the West."

Thomas Hart Benton sketching in front of his mural in the lobby at the Harry S. Truman Library.

John Martino (left) holds an ax so that Thomas Hart Benton (right) can sketch the hand and ax for his mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" at the Truman Library.

Chief Brummett Echohawk (center foreground) at the dedication for Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Truman Library. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Basgall may also be in this photo, but are unidentified. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Chief Brummett Echohawk (center foreground) at the dedication for Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Truman Library. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Basgall may also be in this photo, but are unidentified. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Chief Brummett Echohawk (right foreground) at the dedication for Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Truman Library. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Basgall may also be in this photo, but are unidentified. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Chief Brummett Echohawk (foreground, right) at the dedication for Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Basgall may also be in this photo, but are unidentified.

chief Brummett Echohawk (right foreground) in the crowd at the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West," at the Harry S. Truman Library. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Basgall may also be in this photo, but are unidentified.

Left to right, Mrs. Dorothy Brooks (cut off by edge of photo), Thomas Hart Benton, Rita Benton, Mrs. Bess Truman, Captain Paul Westwood (in background, behind Mr. Truman) and former President Harry S. Truman at the reception for the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's Mural at the Truman Library.