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From left to right, unidentified, Dr. Phillip C. Brooks, Rita Benton, Thomas Hart Benton, Bess Wallace Truman and former President Harry S. Truman (partly obscured) greet guests moving through the reception line after the dedication of Mr. Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. In the right foreground with his back to the camera is Ted Marks. All other people are unidentified. The dedication was held in the Garden room at the Truman Library.

Background, from left to right, Thomas Hart Benton, Bess Wallace Truman, and former President Harry S. Truman greet guests in the reception line after the dedication of Benton's mural in the Harry S. Truman Library. The reception was held in the Garden Room in the Truman Library. All other people are unidentified.

From left to right Thomas Hart Benton, Bess Wallace Truman, and former President Harry S. Truman greets May (Mrs. George) Wallace, Bess Truman's sister-in-law, after the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. The reception was held in the Garden room of the Library.

Background, from left to right: Thomas Hart Benton, Bess Wallace Truman, and former President Harry S. Truman in the reception line after the dedication of Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman library. The reception was held in the Garden Room of the Library. All others are unknown.

From left to right, Jessie Benton, daughter of Thomas Hart Benton; Thomas Hart Benton; and Bess Wallace Truman in the reception line at the dedication of Mr. Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. All others are unidentified.

From left to right: Eugene Savage; Mrs. Rita Benton; Former President Harry S. Truman; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Dr. Wayne C. Grover; Thomas Hart Benton; David D. Lloyd; Mrs. Charlotte Lloyd; Monsignor Joseph V. Sullivan; Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt on the speakers stand at the Truman Library for the dedication of the mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" by Thomas Hart Benton.

Left to right: Thomas Hart Benton; Truman Library director Dr. Philip C. Brooks; Chief Justice Earl Warren at the dedication of Mr. Benton's mural in the lobby of the Truman Library, "Independence and the Opening of the West."

Thomas Hart Benton addressing the gathering at the dedication of his mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" at the Truman Library. Left to right: Eugene Savage; Mrs. Rita Benton; Former President Harry S. Truman; Mr. David D. Lloyd; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Dr. Wayne C. Grover; Bess Wallace Truman; Thomas Hart Benton. Others unidentified.

Archivist of the United States Dr. Wayne Grover addresses attendees at the dedication of the mural painted by Thomas Hart Benton in the lobby of the Truman Library. Left to right: Mrs. Thomas Hart Benton; Former President Harry S. Truman; David D. Lloyd; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Thomas Hart Benton; Bess Wallace Truman; Dr. Wayne C. Grover. Others unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaking at the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural in the lobby of the Truman Library, "Independence and the Opening of the West". Left to right: Dr. Wayne Grover; David D. Lloyd; Thomas Hart Benton; Bess Wallace Truman; Former President Truman. Others unidentified.