Askren Photograph Collection

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of entrance to bridge, empty seats, and empty podium.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: Mayor H. Roe Bartle cuts the ribbon to signal opening of bridge. Reed Gentry stands in near background.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of back of seated spectators looking at speakers on podium.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of crowd, standing, and speakers podium from the side.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Description: Exterior view of the front entrance of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum taken during the dedication ceremony which was held for the Thomas Hart Benton mural located in the front lobby area of the library. View includes the front podium area. Thomas Hart Benton is seen speaking at the podium. Shown seated behind the podium are left to right: Harry Truman, David Lloyd, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Wayne Grover, and Bess Truman.
Date: 1961-04-15
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Description: Exterior view of the front entrance of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum taken during the dedication ceremony which was held for the Thomas Hart Benton mural located in the front lobby area of the library. View includes those seated by the podium and those seated in chairs attending. The man speaking is identified as David D. Lloyd. Seated behind the podium between the columns are left to right: Harry Truman, Chief Justice Earl Warren, and Thomas Hart Benton directly behind the speaker.
Date: 1961-04-15
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of back of seated spectators looking at speakers on podium.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: Patricia Wilkinson, Broadway Bridge Queen, christens the bridge with a bottle of Missouri River water.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of entrance to bridge before opening, shows toll booths.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of back of standing spectators looking at speakers on podium.
Date: 1956-09-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of speakers on podium with unidentified speaker at lectern.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of R. N. (Ruben Nathaniel) Bergendoff at lectern during ceremony.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of R. N. (Ruben Nathaniel) Bergendoff at lectern during ceremony.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: Close view of dignitaries on podium including H. Roe Bartle on right. Speaker at lectern is Missouri Lieutenant Governor James T. Blair.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: Photo shows convertibles that carried dignitaries in parade with crowd and entrance to bridge in background.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph