Kansas City Star

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.

From left to right, Mrs. Rita Benton, Miss Jessie Benton, Thomas Hart Benton, Bess Truman, unidentified man, former President Harry S. Truman, and unidentified woman at the reception for the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Truman Library.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman's sister Mary Jane, mother Mrs. Martha and brother J. Vivian Truman in Mrs. Truman's home in Grandview, Missouri. Reprint from Modern Woodmen, June 1945. From: Mrs. Roger Smith, Grandview, Missouri.

Dedication of New Baptist Church at Grandview, Missouri. President Harry S. Truman in pulpit. President Truman led the capacity crowd of more than 400 persons in the formal Act of Dedication, after speaking briefly on the 102-year history of the church and his family's association with it. Sitting on the platform from left to right are: Reverend I.F. Whitcomb, a Baptist associational pastor, Revered Welbern Bowman, pastor of the church; Dr. T.W.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) greets an unidentified guest in the reception line after the dedication ceremony of Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, Mrs. Rita Benton, Thomas Hart Benton, and Bess Wallace Truman greets guests after the ceremony dedicating Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, Chief Justice Earl Warren and former President Harry S. Truman before the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. All other figures are unidentified.

From left to right along right side of photo, Mrs. Rita Benton (partly obscured), Miss Jessie Benton, Thomas Hart Benton (mostly obscured), Bess Wallace Truman, and former President Harry S. Truman greet guests in the reception line after the ceremony dedicating Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library.

From left to right along right side of photo, Mrs. Rita Benton, Miss Jessie Benton, Thomas Hart Benton, Bess Wallace Truman, and former President Harry S. Truman greet guests in the reception line after the ceremony dedicating Mr. Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library.