Original Associated Press wire photo dated July 26, 1947, showing newsmen speaking with Jackson County Deputy Sheriffs O. L. Shartzer and L. E. Babcock at a rope barrier near Martha E. Truman's home in Grandview, Missouri. The caption reports that the president's 94-year-old mother died there that day. Shartzer points toward her frame cottage, partly hidden by trees. Photo and separate caption are mounted on black archival paper. Measures 7¾X8" overall. AP Wirephoto stamp on back. Tape remains on photo corners and caption edges, with yellowing, discoloration, surface scuffs and scratches, small areas of emulsion loss near the upper right and lower left corners, and edge wear. The caption has creasing and wear. From the archive of a Pittsburgh-area newspaper.
