Harry S. Truman Library

Rita Benton (Mrs. Thomas Hart Benton) is sitting in a chair at home. Her grandson Anthony is sitting on her lap.

This miniature cannon is part of the Truman Library Museum collection.

This is a photograph of a painting by Thomas Hart Benton, depicting a man lying along a riverbank with a small rowboat in the water.

This miniature plow and gun are part of the Truman Library Museum collection.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) takes a group photograph with the Management Intern Group outside his office at the Truman Library. Front row, from left to right: John M. McCann Jr., Jerry S. Roberts, Sigrid Halderson, Former President Truman, Phyllis L. Bogardus, Oral M. Chapmen, and C.S. Bertolino. Back row, left to right: Robert S. James, William R. King, James H. Hart, Emmett E. Stinson, Byron E. Bircher, and Slyberster Weitkamp.

This is a lawn mower found in Thomas Hart and Rita Benton's lawn.

This is a photograph of a painting by Thomas Hart Benton, depicting a man lying along a riverbank with a small rowboat in the water. This photo was in Mr. Benton's studio at the time the photograph was taken.

David Noyes (center), Rose Conway (right), talk with an unidentified man. Miss Conway has a slip of paper in her hand.

Truman Library Curator Milton Perry (left) is conducting an oral history interview with artist Thomas Hart Benton (right) in his studio in Kansas City, Missouri.

Truman Library Curator Milton Perry (left) conducts an oral history interview with artist Thomas Hart Benton (right).