Painters

Unidentified men at work repainting the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library. In the background, part of the mural painted by Thomas Hart Benton, entitled "Independence and the Opening of the West," can be seen.

Unidentified man at work repainting the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library. In the background can be seen the mural by Thomas Hart Benton, entitled "Independence and the Opening of the West."

Alfonso XIII, the King of Spain, opening Vernon Howe Bailey's exhibition of the skyscrapers of New York in the National Library and Museum, Madrid. Alfonso XIII invited Bailey to Madrid after seeing his exhibit in London. Mr. Bailey is third from the right; King Alfonso is second from the right; all others are unidentified.

Vernon Howe Bailey, painting in the Royal Hall in the Vatican after receiving permission to paint whatever he chose by Pope Pius XI.

Count Valfi, Minister of Finance of Italy, with a group of people at the opening of the exhibition of Vernon Howe Bailey's skyscrapers of New York, in the Palazzo Salviati, Rome. Picture was presented in a sample of work given to President Harry S. Truman. Mr. Bailey is the third man from the right in the front row. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, Harry S. Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks, artist Thomas Hart Benton, Father Dawes of Rockhurst College, and Allen Nevins in the lobby of the Truman Library.

Allen Nevins (left) and painter Thomas Hart Benton (right) speak in front of Mr. Benton's mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West," in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library.

A group of men comprising (from left to right) Harry S. Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks, Thomas Hart Benton, Father Dawes of Rockhurst University, Allen Nevins, and Truman Library Curator Milton Perry in the lobby of the Truman Library.

Thomas Hart Benton at work on the mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West" in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library.

Thomas Hart Benton at work on the mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West" in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library.