Farms

Secretary of State Dean Acheson finds weekend relaxation by helping with the chores on his Harewood Farm near Sandy Springs, Maryland. From: Beth Gore

Old photo of the Grandview farmhouse, a distance view of the house from the front. The rose arbor is visible as well as several of the large trees leading up to the house. The fence and farm buildings to the left of the house are also visible. The original photograph is owned by J. C. Truman, who lent it to the Library for copying in May, 1983.

Photograph of the rose arbor on the Grandview farm, where Harry S. Truman lived as a young man. This arbor is by a gate and looks out over a field. From: Lent to the Truman Library for copying by Mr. Dennis Flanery, of the Grandview Farm Foundation. Mr. Flanery received these photos from Ms. Dottie Hicks.

Sitting on a farm fence, with a planted field in the background, left to right: Bess Wallace, Mrs. Emma P. Southern (mother of May Wallace), and May Wallace. From: Copied from a photo album lent to the Truman Library by May Wallace.

Martha Ellen Truman and Mary Jane Truman (mother and sister of Harry S. Truman) sitting in the swing on the porch of the Truman farmhouse in Grandview, Missouri. From: Copied from photos lent to the Truman Library by Martha Ann Swoyer, a daughter of Vivian Truman.

A herd of sheep grazing in front of the Truman farmhouse while Martha Ellen Truman, mother of Harry s. Truman, watches from the porch. The arbor is visible to the side. From: Copied from photos lent to the Truman Library by Martha Ann Swoyer, a daughter of Vivian Truman.

A herd of sheep grazing in front of the Truman farmhouse. From: Copied from photos lent to the Truman Library by Martha Ann Swoyer, a daughter of Vivian Truman.

A herd of sheep in a corral at the Truman farm in Grandview, Missouri. From: Copied from photos lent to the Truman Library by Martha Ann Swoyer, a daughter of Vivian Truman.

A dog and her puppies on a blanket by a snowy field at the Truman farm in Grandview, Missouri. From: Copied from photos lent to the Truman Library by Martha Ann Swoyer, a daughter of Vivian Truman.

Mary Jane Truman is at left, a hammock is to her left; the others are possibly Mary Ethel Noland, and Robert Truman Ragland, "Trumie," who was the brother of Ardis Haukenberry and the son of Ruth Noland. They are on the Grandview farm. From: Copied from photos lent to the Truman Library by Martha Ann Swoyer, a daughter of Vivian Truman.