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Title:   President Truman's study at the White House.
Description:   President Truman's Study, second floor oval room. The Steinway grand piano is now a museum object at the Truman Library, as are two of the paintings: "At the Beach of Scheveningen," (or Dutch Harbor) by Hendrik William Mesdaq, and the portrait of Martha Ellen Truman by Jerry Farnsworth. From an album of photographs by Abbie Rowe of the White House prior to the 1949 renovation.
Subjects (ARC):   Building repair and reconstruction; Dwellings; Presidential residences
Subjects (HST):   White House - Rooms - Study, Second Floor Oval Room; Piano - Truman; Paintings - Farnsworth, Jerry; Truman - Family - Mother - No date; Paintings - Mesdaq, Hendrik William
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Accession number:   82-54-52
Date:   May 19, 1948
Restrictions:   Unrestricted
Physical Size:   8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Color:   Black & White
Cropped:   no
Photographer:   Rowe, Abbie
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Institutional Creator:   National Park Service
 

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