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  Photo Mr. Truman's Renovation: Renovated Blue Room

  The Blue Room as it appeared after the renovation, October 13, 1952.

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  Photo Mr. Truman's Renovation: Laying Oak Flooring

  Carpenters lay the quartered white oak flooring in a herringbone pattern in the State Dining Room, January 23, 1952.

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  Photo Mr. Truman's Renovation: State Dining Room Paneling

  The State Dining Room was the only room in the White House where most the original woodwork was saved and...

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  Photo Mr. Truman's Renovation: Demolished Oval Study

  Two men stand precariously in what remains of the second floor Oval Study above the Blue Room. The north wall...

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  Photo Mr. Truman's Renovation: Chandelier Installation

  Employees of O.R. Evans Company install the refinished silver plated chandelier in the State Dining Room ceiling, March 18, 1952.

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  Photo Mr. Truman's Renovation: Window Openings

  Window openings provide bursts of light into the cavernous interior of the White House, supported by temporary steel bracing. Concrete...

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  Photo Mr. Truman's Renovation: Elevator Well Inspection

  Dwarfed by the massive steel beams and supporting structures, a worker inspects the new elevator well in the sub-basement, October 25, 1950.

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  Photo Mr. Truman's Renovation: Damask Wall Covering

  Employees of B. Altman Co. of New York install a blue and gold damask wall covering in the Blue Room,...

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  Photo Mr. Truman's Renovation: New Ductwork

  To underscore the size of the massive new ventilation system being installed above the tunnel in the new White House...

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  Photo Mr. Truman's Renovation: New Tulip Beds

  With the White House renovation complete, workers have just finished planting new tulip beds around the fountain on the north...

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  Photo Mr. Truman's Renovation: White House Key

  On March 27, 1952, President and Mrs. Truman prepare to reoccupy the White House following its renovation. From left to right, Charles...

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  Photo Mr. Truman's Renovation: White House Moving Vans

  As moving vans deliver furnishings for the inside of the President's house, employees of the National Capital Parks place new...